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pegged
/pɛɡd/ · 6 letters · 4 distinct letters
A form of peg.
- verb
succeed in obtaining a position
He nailed down a spot at Harvard
- noun
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
- noun
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- noun
informal terms for the leg
fever left him weak on his sticks
- noun
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- noun
regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
Word history
History of peg
From Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge (“pin, peg”), from Old Dutch *pigg, *pegg, from Proto Germanic *pig, *pag (“peg, stake”), from Proto Indo European *bak, *baḱ (“club, pointed stick, peg”). Related to beak. This is one of the very few English words that begin with a p and come from Proto Germanic. Proto Germanic *p, when not in a consonant cluster beginning with *s, developed by Grimm's law from the Proto Indo European consonant *b, which was very rare.
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 35: the core list of everyday words.
- How common it is
- Used about once in every million words.
- In the spelling bee
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