Definitions For Peg

noun

• A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
• A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
• Regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
• A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
• Informal terms for the leg
• Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
• A small piece of wood, metal, or other material that is used to hold or fasten things or to hang things on
• A wooden piece in a musical instrument (such as a violin) that is turned to tighten or loosen a string

verb

• Stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
• Fasten or secure with a wooden pin
• Pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
• Succeed in obtaining a position
• To fasten (something) with pegs
• To put a peg into (something)
• To keep (something, such as a price) at a particular level or rate