peg – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of peg

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to peg sth down
Participle: pegged sth down
Gerund: pegging sth down

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipeg sth down
youpeg sth down
he;she;itpegs sth down
wepeg sth down
youpeg sth down
theypeg sth down

Perfect

Ihave pegged sth down
youhave pegged sth down
he;she;ithas pegged sth down
wehave pegged sth down
youhave pegged sth down
theyhave pegged sth down

Past

Ipegged sth down
youpegged sth down
he;she;itpegged sth down
wepegged sth down
youpegged sth down
theypegged sth down

Pluperfect

Ihad pegged sth down
youhad pegged sth down
he;she;ithad pegged sth down
wehad pegged sth down
youhad pegged sth down
theyhad pegged sth down

Future

Iwill peg sth down
youwill peg sth down
he;she;itwill peg sth down
wewill peg sth down
youwill peg sth down
theywill peg sth down

Future Perfect

Iwill have pegged sth down
youwill have pegged sth down
he;she;itwill have pegged sth down
wewill have pegged sth down
youwill have pegged sth down
theywill have pegged sth down

Subjunctive

Present

Ipeg sth down
youpeg sth down
he;she;itpeg sth down
wepeg sth down
youpeg sth down
theypeg sth down

Perfect

Ihave pegged sth down
youhave pegged sth down
he;she;ithave pegged sth down
wehave pegged sth down
youhave pegged sth down
theyhave pegged sth down

Imperfect

Ipegged sth down
youpegged sth down
he;she;itpegged sth down
wepegged sth down
youpegged sth down
theypegged sth down

Pluperfect

Ihad pegged sth down
youhad pegged sth down
he;she;ithad pegged sth down
wehad pegged sth down
youhad pegged sth down
theyhad pegged sth down

Conditional

Present

Iwould peg sth down
youwould peg sth down
he;she;itwould peg sth down
wewould peg sth down
youwould peg sth down
theywould peg sth down

Perfect

Iwould have pegged sth down
youwould have pegged sth down
he;she;itwould have pegged sth down
wewould have pegged sth down
youwould have pegged sth down
theywould have pegged sth down

Imperative

youpeg sth down
weLet's peg sth down
youpeg sth down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pegging sth down
youare pegging sth down
he;she;itis pegging sth down
weare pegging sth down
youare pegging sth down
theyare pegging sth down

Perfect

Ihave been pegging sth down
youhave been pegging sth down
he;she;ithas been pegging sth down
wehave been pegging sth down
youhave been pegging sth down
theyhave been pegging sth down

Past

Iwas pegging sth down
youwere pegging sth down
he;she;itwas pegging sth down
wewere pegging sth down
youwere pegging sth down
theywere pegging sth down

Pluperfect

Ihad been pegging sth down
youhad been pegging sth down
he;she;ithad been pegging sth down
wehad been pegging sth down
youhad been pegging sth down
theyhad been pegging sth down

Future

Iwill be pegging sth down
youwill be pegging sth down
he;she;itwill be pegging sth down
wewill be pegging sth down
youwill be pegging sth down
theywill be pegging sth down

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pegging sth down
youwill have been pegging sth down
he;she;itwill have been pegging sth down
wewill have been pegging sth down
youwill have been pegging sth down
theywill have been pegging sth down

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pegging sth down
youwould be pegging sth down
he;she;itwould be pegging sth down
wewould be pegging sth down
youwould be pegging sth down
theywould be pegging sth down

Perfect

Iwould have been pegging sth down
youwould have been pegging sth down
he;she;itwould have been pegging sth down
wewould have been pegging sth down
youwould have been pegging sth down
theywould have been pegging sth down

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'peg'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'peg'

beg, deg, geg, keg, leg, neg, pee, pen, pep, pet,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to identify by or divide into classes
brand, categorize, classify, compartmentalise, distribute, divide, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, label, measure, pigeonhole, sort, subdivide
fasten
tighten, secure, clinch, drive, insert, imbed, join

Antonyms

fasten
unfasten, loosen, loose, release

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 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”). Cognate with Dutch dialectal peg (“pin”), Low German pig, pigge (“peg, stick with a point”), Low German pegel (“post, stake”), Swedish pigg (“tooth, spike”), Danish pig (“spike”), Norwegian Bokmål pigg (“spike”), Irish bac (“stick, crook”), Latin baculum (“staff”), Latvian bakstît (“to poke”), Ancient Greek βάκτρον (báktron, “staff, walking stick”). Related to beak.
2. 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.
3. (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. See: Irish 'bac'.

Sample Sentences

  • Let's peg the rug to the floor.
  • I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.
  • She lunged forward and pegged him to the wall.
  • 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. [2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:]
  • He's been pegged as a suspect.
  • I pegged his weight at 165.
  • Bolan pegged his weight somewhere around 150 pounds. If he was armed, the weapon wasn't showing. Still, the Executioner would take no chances. [1997, Don Pendletone, Patriot Gambit, page 84:]
  • You got me pegged wrong, Captain. [2015 November 23, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, “Dulcinea”, in The Expanse, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Jim Holden (Steven Strait):]
  • The man had me pegged—I was already planning to visit the next day, having received a similar tip from multiple friends. [2026 June 26, Katie Thornton, “Love Language: The undying dream of Esperanto”, in Harper's Magazine, →ISSN:]
  • She pegged twelve points.
  • We pegged the speedometer across the flats.
  • When you're pegging him and he gets close to orgasm, you'll observe a number of physical signs […] [2007, Violet Blue, The Adventurous Couple's Guide to Strap-On Sex, →ISBN, page 32:]
  • For more than the period of his splendid service in India, which the country was not slow to acknowledge, the Volunteers had kept pegging at it, despite all the official obstacles thrown in the way […] [1911, William Montgomerie Lamont, Volunteer memories, page 160:]
  • I was pegging a hack when the horse started limping. I got down to see if he'd picked up a stone and he lashed out at me. [2014, Robert Newman, The Case of the Somerville Secret:]