Meaning of "peg"

peg •

n.
• • a pin or small bolt for various uses: pakong kahoy (kawayan), talasok, paltak

v.
• • 1. to fasten or hold with pegs: magtalasok, talasukan, italasok
  • 2. to take a person down a peg or two, to humble him: humiya, hiyain

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nail

n.
• • 1. a small, slender piece of metal used as a fastener or peg: pako
  • 2. the hard layer at the end of a finger or toe: kuko

v.
• • 1. to fasten with nails: magpako, ipako, pakuan
  • 2. to hold or keep fixed: mapirmi, ipirmi, mapako, ipako
  • 3. to catch, seize: humuli, mahuli, hulihin, dumakip, madakip, dakpin, masubok, subukin
  • 4. to hit the nail on the head, sometimes means to say or do just right: mawasto, tumama, tamaan, matumpak

pin

n.
• • 1. a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other for fastening things together: aspili, ispili
  • 2. a decorative pin: alpiler
  • 3. a badge with a pin or clasp to fasten it to the clothing: tsapa
  • 4. anything that fastens: ipit
  • 5. hair pin: panuksok, ipit sa buhok
  • 6. a safety pin: imperdible, perdible
  • 7. a peg made of wood or metal: talasok
  • 8. a bowling pin: bulilyo

v.
• • 1. to fasten with a pin, to put a pin through: mag-aspili, aspilihan, iaspili
  • 2. to hold fast in one position: umipit, mag-ipit, ipitin, dumagan, magdagan, daganan
  • 3. on pins and needles (very anxious and uneasy): hindi mapalagay, balisa

n.
• • brooch

tarangka

Sp n.
• • bar or closing-peg across a door or window [var. trangka]