1 | noun | a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface 2 | noun | small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc 3 | noun | informal terms for the leg 4 | noun | a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg 5 | noun | regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument 6 | noun | a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing 7 | verb | succeed in obtaining a position 8 | verb | pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into (10 meanings)

p'eg (IPA: pˈɛɡ)

peg (no hyphenation) (3 letters | 1 syllable)

1440 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (585 years ago)

Middle Dutch

pegs | pegged | pegging

nog | pin | stick | leg | pegleg | wooden leg | oarlock | rowlock | thole | tholepin | nail | nail down | peg down (total: 13)

golf tee | tee | tent peg | treenail | trenail | trunnel (total: 6)

pin | mark | marker | marking | leg | prosthesis | prosthetic device | regulator | holder | bring home the bacon | come through | deliver the goods | succeed | win | pierce | ... (total: 19)

beg | clegg | keg | leg | meg | segue (total: 6) (based on typical American pronunciation)

beg | keg | leg | meg | Meg | pea | pee | pen | pep | per | pet | pew | veg (total: 13)

(none among common words)

clothes peg | mumble-the-peg | mumblety-peg | off-the-peg | peg away | peg down | peg top (total: 7)

Mandarin Chinese: | 掛衣釘 (noun) Hindi: | खूँटी (noun) Arabic: | وَتَد (noun) Spanish: | estaca (tent) | clavija (technical) | percha (clothing) | perchero (clothing) | percha para sombreros (clothing) French: | piquet (tent) | piquet de tente (tent) | cheville (technical) | patère (clothing) | cintre (clothing) | portemanteau (clothing) | porte-chapeaux (clothing)

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"_____ o' My Heart" | Baseball throw | Classify | Coatroom hook | Cribbage marker | Dowel | Game piece | Good baseball throw | Hanging spot | Hard throw, in baseball | Hat-room fixture | Identify | ... (total: 30) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)