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peg, n. 1. pin, Carpentry, dowel pin, thole or tholepin; nail, spike, brad, skewer, rivet, staple, tack, point; screw, bolt, toggle bolt, anchor bolt; hook, hanger; marker, post, stake, stick, pale, picket; stop, stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, tampion; spill, spile, spigot.
2. Informal, wooden leg, peg leg, prosthesis; leg, Inf. pin, SI. gam.
3. occasion, reason, motive, ground, basis, cause, call, provocation; justification, explanation, rationale, rationalization; excuse, pretext, plea, ostensible reason, pretense.
4. Informal, notch, step, rung, cut, point; degree, gradation, grade, rank.
5. news peg, newsworthy event, SI. man bites dog; feature story, headline story, top story of the day, Journ. banner story, lead story, Journ. outside story, -v. 6. take down a peg Informal, humble, Inf. take down a peg or two, take down a notch, put [s.o.] in his place; lower or reduce in rank, downgrade, demote, Inf. kick upstairs, declass, disrate, break or strip of rank, Mil. SI. bust.
7. (all of a peg) drive, insert, stick in, ram in, push in; inset, infix, imbed; fasten, make fast, attach, join, pin, secure, clinch, nail or nail down; pierce, stick, stab, jab, poke, strike, hit.
8. (all of prices, wages, etc.) freeze, fix, set; control, limit.
9. SI. class, classify, categorize, pigeonhole, SI. button down, Inf. put [s.o. or s.t.] down as, SI. have [s.o.'s] number; identify, label, stereotype, type, typecast; designate, denominate, style, tag, term, name, call, dub; brand, mark, stigmatize.
10. work at, make an effort, apply oneself to, work away at, Inf. go at or to it, Inf. plug away at, Inf. hack away at, hammer away at, Inf. bang away at; Inf. chip away at, Inf. peck away at, Inf go at or attack bit by bit or one piece at a time; plod along, go slowly but surely, carry on, continue, keep trying; persevere, stick to or at or with it, persist, hang or hold on, SI. hang in there, keep at it, keep doggedly at it; force oneself, push oneself, make oneself, exert oneself, strain oneself; do what has to be done, see [s.t.] through, see [s.t] through to the finish, not give up, never say die. peignoir, n. dressing gown, kimono, caftan, lounging robe, robe, housecoat, bathrobe, bed jacket, wrapper, Fr. robe de chambre; nightgown, gown, Inf. nightie, negligee, undress, Archaic, dishabille. pejorative, adj. disparaging, deprecatory, depreciatory, depreciative, belittling; demeaning, debasing, downgrading, lowering, lessening, cheapening, derogatory, derogative; humiliating, mortifying, humbling, degrading; derisive, derisory, ridiculing, mocking; disdainful, contemptuous, scornful, disapproving, condemnatory; rude, irreverent, disrespectful, insulting, insolent. pelage, n. (all of mammals) hair, fur, fleece, wool, pile; coat, pelt, fell, hide, skin. pelf, n. Disparaging, money, mammon, riches; means, wherewithal, wealth, property, opulence, affluence, fortune; capital, funds, assets, finances; lucre, Disparaging, filthy lucre, almighty dollar; All SI. dough, bread, moolah, mazuma, jack, long green, shekels, spondulicks, greenstuff, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, scratch, dibs, do-re-mi, loot, gravy, simoleons, wampum, U.S. bucks, U.S. kale. pellet, n. globule, spherule, spheroid, oval; pill, tablet, capsule; pea, bead, pearl, marble; stone, pebble; seed, grain, ball, bullet, shot; wad of paper, spit-ball.