Used in a Sentence

pegs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pegs.

Editorial note

Take yourself down a few pegs and try to imagine what the world is like for everyone else who didn't have the world handed to them.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(cricket, slang) The stumps.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pegs gathered in one view.

noun

(cricket, slang) The stumps.

noun

(informal) peg-top trousers

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pegs.

noun

(cricket, slang) The stumps.

noun

(informal) peg-top trousers

Example sentences

1

Take yourself down a few pegs and try to imagine what the world is like for everyone else who didn't have the world handed to them.

2

An article from October of 2014 pegs the PS4 at a 40% lead over the Xbox One.

3

As she says these companies are square pegs that are trying to be forced into round holes.

4

Its DSL for defining PEGs is very intuitive and should be easy to pick up for anyone.

5

It's a great tool for smashing square pegs (with sufficient force) into whatever shape of hole you are faced with.

6

Yes, but it pegs the processor(s) when it's running, so there's the potential for increased energy consumption and faster hardware burnout.

7

Violins use friction-fit wooden tuning pegs, so they certainly won't stay in tune over time.

8

On my Q8400 in Ubuntu, it pegs an entire core the moment flash launches...

9

I think both SQL and NoSQL are currently round pegs in square holes for deep text analytics.

10

Seems like you can get at least some information on more likely combinations from the final position and some assumptions about how far the pegs rotate back.

11

What is being described is closer to PEGs.

12

I'd love to see justice be served through political means, and I'd really love to see USG get taken down a few pegs to prevent the otherwise inevitable catastrophic collapse of the US.

Quote examples

1

The standout "feature" is that the page pegs a CPU core at 100%.

2

Perl 6 unifies "regexes", PEGs, and lexical closures.

3

Rather than trying to fit square pegs into round holes, an ideal system would permit "bright" children to advance at their own pace academically within an environment of social peers.

4

I know its an iPhone app, but the "here's an iPhone with some icons standing up with reflective surfaces everywhere" immediately pegs the site as a iPhone fad cash-cow wannabe.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pegs in a sentence?

Take yourself down a few pegs and try to imagine what the world is like for everyone else who didn't have the world handed to them.

What does pegs mean?

(cricket, slang) The stumps.

What part of speech is pegs?

pegs is commonly used as noun.