Peg vs. Pen

Pegnoun

A cylindrical wooden or metal object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects.

Pegnoun

Measurement between the pegs: after killing an animal hunters used the distance between a peg near the animal's nose and one near the end of its body to measure its body length.

Pegnoun

A protrusion used to hang things on.

Pegnoun

(figurative) A support; a reason; a pretext.

Pegnoun

(cribbage) A peg moved on a crib board to keep score.

Pegnoun

(finance) A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold

Pegnoun

(UK) A small quantity of a strong alcoholic beverage.

Pegnoun

A place formally allotted for fishing

Pegnoun

A leg or foot.

Pegnoun

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

Pegnoun

A step; a degree.

Pegnoun

Short for clothes peg.

Pegnoun

(journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.

Pegnoun

A stump.

Pegverb

(transitive) To fasten using a peg.

Pegverb

(transitive) To affix or pin.

Pegverb

(transitive) To fix a value or price.

Pegverb

(transitive) To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape.

Pegverb

To throw.

Pegverb

To indicate or ascribe an attribute to. (Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list.)

Pegverb

(cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored; to score with a peg.

Pegverb

To reach or exceed the maximum value on (a scale or gauge).

Pegverb

To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.

Pegverb

(intransitive) To keep working hard at something; to peg away.

Pegnoun

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

Pegnoun

A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.

Pegnoun

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.

Pegnoun

One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.

Pegnoun

A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down a peg."

Pegnoun

A drink of spirits, usually whisky or brandy diluted with soda water.

Pegnoun

a hard throw, especially one made to put out a baserunner; as, the peg to the plate went wild.

Pegverb

To put pegs into; to fasten the parts of with pegs; as, to peg shoes; to confine with pegs; to restrict or limit closely.

Pegverb

To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points.

Pegverb

To identify; to recognize; as, she pegged him as a good carpenter; he was pegged as a blowhard as soon as he started speaking; he was pegged as a exceptional player even in high school.

Pegverb

To throw (a ball); as, he pegged the runner out at second.

Pegverb

To work diligently, as one who pegs shoes; - usually with on, at, or away; as, to peg away at a task.

Pegnoun

a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

Pegnoun

small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

Pegnoun

informal terms of the leg;

Pegnoun

a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

Pegnoun

regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

Pegnoun

a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Pegverb

succeed in obtaining a position;

Pegverb

pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into into

Pegverb

fasten or secure with a wooden pin;

Pegverb

stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations;

Pennoun

An enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

Pennoun

(slang) A prison cell.

Pennoun

(baseball) The bullpen.

Pennoun

A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.

Pennoun

(figurative) A writer, or his style.

Pennoun

(colloquial) Marks of ink left by a pen.

Pennoun

A light pen.

Pennoun

(zoology) The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.

Pennoun

A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.

Pennoun

(poetic) A wing.

Pennoun

A female swan.

Pennoun

penalty

Penverb

(transitive) To enclose in a pen.

Penverb

(transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).

Pennoun

A feather.

Pennoun

A wing.

Pennoun

An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving.

Pennoun

Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen.

Pennoun

The internal shell of a squid.

Pennoun

A female swan; - contrasted with cob, the male swan.

Pennoun

A small inclosure; as, a pen for sheep or for pigs.

Pennoun

A penitentiary[6]; a prison.

Penverb

To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet.

Penverb

To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose.

Pennoun

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

Pennoun

an enclosure for confining livestock

Pennoun

a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

Pennoun

a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

Pennoun

female swan

Penverb

produce a literary work;

Pennoun

an instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder.

Pennoun

the occupation of writing

Pennoun

an electronic device like a pen, used in conjunction with a writing surface to enter commands or data into a computer.

Pennoun

the tapering cartilaginous internal shell of a squid.

Pennoun

a small enclosure in which sheep, pigs, or other farm animals are kept

Pennoun

a number of animals in or sufficient to fill a pen

Pennoun

any small enclosure in which someone or something can be confined

Pennoun

a covered dock for a submarine or other warship

Pennoun

(in the West Indies) a farm or plantation.

Pennoun

a female swan.

Pennoun

short for penitentiary (sense 1)

Penverb

write or compose

Penverb

put or keep (an animal) in a pen

Penverb

confine someone in a restricted space

Pen

A pen is a common writing instrument used to apply ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Historically, reed pens, quill pens, and dip pens were used, with a nib dipped in ink.