pegs

Meaning

1. plural of peg
2. (informal) peg-top trousers

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɛɡz/

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peg

1. A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
2. A protrusion used to hang things on.
3. A support; a reason; a pretext.
4. A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.
5. A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
6. A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.
7. A place formally allotted for fishing
8. (colloquial) A leg or foot.
9. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
10. A step; a degree.
11. Ellipsis of clothes peg.
12. A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
13. (slang) A stump.
14. (slang) The penetration of one's (male) partner in the anus using a strap-on dildo.
15. (slang) A serving of brandy and soda.
16. A serving of any hard spirit, particularly whisky.
17. (obsolete,slang) A shilling.
18. An easily recalled image that a person mentally visualizes with something else, in order to remember that other thing. See mnemonic peg system.

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