peg
/ˈpɛɡ/ verbo C2En español: fijar, tachar, motejar, tildar
- To fasten using a peg. · Let's peg the rug to the floor.
- 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.
- To fix a value or price. · China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.
- To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.
- To throw.
- To throw a ball at (someone), to hit (someone) with a ball.
- To indicate or ascribe an attribute to; to classify or pigeonhole someone. · He's been pegged as a suspect.· I pegged his weight at 165.
- To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg. · She pegged twelve points.
He/she/it pegs · Pasado pegged · Participio pasado pegged · Forma en -ing pegging
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- peg
- He/she/it
- pegs
- Pasado
- pegged
- Participio pasado
- pegged
- Forma en -ing
- pegging
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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For this purpose she jumped upon a peg, and suspending herself from it, pretended to be dead.
Dorothy had only one other dress, but that happened to be clean and was hanging on a peg beside her bed.
Taking a big golden key from a peg on the wall, he opened another gate, and they all followed him through the portal into the streets of the Emerald City.
Dantès was occupied in arranging this piece of wood when he heard Faria, who had remained in Edmond’s cell for the purpose of cutting a peg to secure their rope-ladder, call to him in a tone indicative of great suffering.
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