Peg



noun
1.
កម្រិត
verbpast tense: pegged ; past participle: pegged ; present participle: pegging ;
1.
ធ្វើអោយទៅតាម
  • peg away
    - ខិតខំជាប្រចាំ
  • peg leg
    - ជើងក្លែងក្លាយ
  • peg out
    - ស្លាប់
  • to peg prices
    - រក្សាតម្លៃកុំអោយឡើង
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.
verbpast 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.