Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of a conical or peg shape, noting certain deformed teeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tapering toward teh bottom.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
peg .
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Examples
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I did not see the slobber that was coming out of his nose and mouth, I did not see the antlers on his head, all I saw was my 40 yard pin pegged on his vitals.
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I had the killer pegged from the very beginning, for no obvious reason other than she looked guilty.
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With my 40 yard pin pegged on his vitals, when I released that arrow, I was sure that bull was mine.
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With my 40 yard pin pegged on his vitals, when I released that arrow, I was sure that bull was mine.
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The last jail I was in pegged the hourly wage at the price of a postage stamp.
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I did not see the slobber that was coming out of his nose and mouth, I did not see the antlers on his head, all I saw was my 40 yard pin pegged on his vitals.
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But, those are those over the age of 35 - most younger voters - many born in decades after the Marcos years have no memories of the those years other than the dictator label pegged on his father and conjugal nature of those years in power.
Philippines: Marcos Jr files candidacy for Philippine Senate 2009
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A professor of Music, Johnson said he traveled to Tijuana about a week after the protest; upon returning to the US, Johnson says he was handcuffed and arrested by customs agents after a listing associated with his name pegged him as armed and dangerous.
Infowars 2008
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New currencies were minted, but this time they were "pegged" -- firmly tethered, that is, to the more muscular money of the rich nations, like the dollar, or a basket of world currencies.
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The dropped frame rate is higher and the CPU utilization is "pegged" -- but for the most part the problems are not so bad as to cause audio drop outs.
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