Peg
noun
- 1.
- កម្រិត
verb — past tense: pegged ; past participle: pegged ; present participle: pegging ;
- 1.
- ធ្វើអោយទៅតាម
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
- 2.
- A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
- 3.
- One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
- 4.
- One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
- 5.
- A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
- 6.
- A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.
verb — past tense: pegged ; past participle: pegged ; present participle: pegging ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; -- usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.