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Peg

"Peg" is a song by American rock group, Steely Dan, first released on the band's 1977 album entitled Aja. The track was released as single in 1977 and reached #11 on the USBillboard chart in 1978 and #8 on the Cash Box chart.

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peg

Noun

  1. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
  2. Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.
  3. A protrusion used to hang things on.
    Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
  4. A support; a reason; a pretext.
    a peg to hang a claim upon
  5. A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
  6. A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold
  7. A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
  8. A place formally allotted for fishing
  9. A leg or foot.
  10. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
  11. A step; a degree.

Verb

  1. To fasten using a peg.
    Let's peg the rug to the floor.
  2. To affix or pin.
    I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.
    She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.
  3. To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
  4. To throw.
  5. To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)
    He's been pegged as a suspect.
    I pegged his weight at 165.
  6. To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.
    She pegged twelve points.
  7. To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge.
    We pegged the speedometer across the flats.
  8. To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo


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