peg

peg
peɡ 1. noun
1) (a usually short, not very thick, piece of wood, metal etc used to fasten or mark something: There were four pegs stuck in the ground.) pinne, plugg
2) (a hook on a wall or door for hanging clothes etc on: Hang your clothes on the pegs in the cupboard.) knagg
3) ((also clothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying.) klesklype
2. verb
(to fasten with a peg: She pegged the clothes on the washing-line.) feste med pinne/klype
- take someone down a peg or two
- take down a peg or two
- take someone down a peg
- take down a peg
plugg
I
subst. \/peɡ\/
1) tapp, pinne, stikke, nagle, stift, plugg
2) (på strengeinstrument) (stemme)skrue
3) (overført) rangtrinn
4) (britisk) klesklype
5) henger, kleshenger
he used the statue as a hat peg
6) (hverdagslig) treben (spøkefullt), ben
7) (hverdagslig) tann
8) (slang) pinne, dram, drink
9) (teleteknikk) blindplugg
be a square peg in a round hole være feil person for oppgaven, være feilplassert
come down a peg or two jekke seg ned et hakk eller to, rykke et hakk eller to ned
off the peg (hverdagslig) konfeksjonssydd, ferdigsydd
he buys his suits off the peg
han kjøper konfeksjon
a peg to hang a matter (up)on (overført) noe å henge hatten på
take\/bring somebody down a peg or two sette noen på plass
II
verb \/peɡ\/
1) feste (med en pinne e.l.), tappe, nagle, plugge
2) låse, stabilisere
they peg prices these days
3) (hverdagslig) kaste, slenge, støte, slå
4) (hverdagslig) jobbe med, jobbe på
5) traske
he pegged along the road
peg at slå på
peg away\/on\/along something jobbe videre med noe
peg down (overført) binde, nagle fast
peg out merke av, stake ut (krokket) slå (motstanderens kule) til pinnen (slang) slippe opp (slang, spesielt britisk) pigge av, dø
peg somebody out (i baseball) slå ut noen
peg something\/someone as (amer. slang) peke ut noe(n) som
peg out clothes on a line henge opp vasken

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