peg

nounAinmfhocal 1 (also nó clothes peg) for laundrypionna masc4 cmupionna éadaighpeig fem2 cmu 2 for hangingpionna masc4 cmubacán masc1 cmutairne masc4 cmu he hung his coat on a peg inside the door chroch sé a chóta ar phionna taobh istigh den doras, chroch sé a chóta ar bhacán taobh istigh den doras 3 (also nó tent peg) for tentpionna masc4 cmupeig fem2 cmubacán masc1 cmu tent peg pionna pubaill 4 furnituretroscán, constructiontógáil for holding things togetherpionna masc4 cmubacán masc1 cmu it was held together with a peg bhí pionna á choimeád le chéile 5 for marking positionpionna masc4 cmumaide masc4 cmubacán masc1 cmu it was marked by pegs bhí pionnaí thart ar an áit a raibh sé, mharcáil pionnaí an áit a raibh sé 6 musicceol (also nó tuning peg) for adjusting stringspionna masc4 cmueochair fem5 cmu she tightened the peg theann sí an pionna 7 economicseacnamaíocht for controlling currency etcpionnáil fem3 cmuceangal masc1 cmu 8 informalneamhfhoirmeálta legcos fem2 cmu your right peg do chos dheas verbbriathar 9 fasten transitiveaistreachcroch verb cmu he pegged the washing on the line chroch sé an níochán ar an líne she pegged up her scarf chroch sí a scaif he pegged it to the wall chroch sé ar an mballa é they were pegged together bhí siad pionnáilte le chéile peg it down at the bottom cuir peig in íochtar ann, pionnáil síos ag a bhun é 10 throw, pass transitiveaistreachcaith verb cmucuir verb cmutabhair verb cmu peg me that hammer caith chugam an casúr sin, cuir chugam an casúr sin, tabhair dom an casúr sin 11 economicseacnamaíocht prices, wages, etc transitiveaistreachpionnáil verb cmuceangail verb cmu it's pegged to the dollar tá sé pionnáilte leis an dollar, tá sé ceangailte leis an dollar it's pegged at 3% tá sé pionnáilte ag 3% a pegged exchange rate ráta malairte pionnáilte PhrasesNathanna to have sb pegged I had him pegged as a messer bhí mé den tuairim gur méiseálaí ba ea é, bhí sé thíos mar phleidhce agam a peg to hang sth on (also nó a peg on which to hang sth) it was a peg to hang the war on leithscéal chun cogaidh a bhí ann to peg it informalneamhfhoirmeálta 1 runna cosa a thabhairt leat cmuna boinn a thabhairt leat I pegged it thug mé na cosa liom, thug mé do na boinn é, seo liom ar nós na gaoithe 2 diecniog cmustiúg cmu a square peg in a round hole he's a square peg in a round hole is é an gabha ag déanamh bróg é to take sb down a peg or two (also nó to bring sb down a peg or two; to take sb down a peg) an ghaoth a bhaint as seolta duinean gus a bhaint as duinebéim síos a thabhairt do dhuineleagan a bhaint as duine Phrasal VerbsBriathra Frásacha→ peg away→ peg away at sth→ peg back→ peg out

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