Meanings (ES + gloss)
clavija • tarugo
A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.
colgador • perchero
A protrusion used to hang things on.
Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
clavija
One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.
Did we form ourselves, choosing, and our powers? I find myself, for one, as a stringed instrument with chords and stops - but I have no power to turn the pegs, or pitch my thoughts…
O, you are well tuned now! / But I'll set down the pegs that make this music, / As honest as I am.
gancho
A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.
Journalists and prospective sources wishing to attract their attention are constantly on the lookout for pegs. The process by which a peg is identified is informed by news values.
[…] all news media keep a supply of features on hand, waiting for a peg to make them topical.
Phrases
between the pegsbring down a pegclothes pegclothespegcobbler's pegscrawling pegfootpeggim-peghatpegknock down a pegmove down a pegmumblety pegnose pegpailpeg boypeg dopepeg elementpeg floatpeg housepeg in the ringpeg ladderpeg tankardpeg warmerpeg-and-socket jointpeg-fichedpeg-legpeg-strippeg-topspegboardpegboxpegheadpeglesspegletpeglikepegrootspegtoppull someone down a pegpuzzle-pegscrew pegshoepeg
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fijar
To fix a value or price.
China's currency is no longer pegged to the American dollar.
Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law.
catalogar • encasillar • etiquetar • motejar • tachar • tildar
To indicate or ascribe an attribute to.
He's been pegged as a suspect.
I pegged his weight at 165.
Phrases