Peg
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A cylindrical wooden, metal etc. object used to fasten or as a bearing between objects. A protrusion used to hang things on. A peg moved on a crib board to keep score. A fixed exchange rate, where a currency's value is matched to the value of another currency or measure such as gold.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fasten using a peg. To affix or pin. To narrow the cuff openings of a pair of pants so that the legs take on a peg shape. To throw. 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.) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored. To reach or exceed the maximum value on a scale or gauge. To engage in anal sex by penetrating one's male partner with a dildo
Example sentence: People want to peg you as alternative R&B when they hear soul or see the color of your skin. It's comfortable when people see artists of color or artists that come from a different country to put that brand on us. It's just not as linear as that.
Nail
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.To drive a nail.To catch.To expose as a sham.To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.One of the four round pedestals (the nails) in Bristol.An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches).
Example sentence: 'The Queen Is Dead' is not merely the Smiths' best album, but it is one of those timeless, perfect, inexhaustible artifacts that could only have been made by a gang of sullen, sun-deprived rock & roll boys fighting off adulthood tooth and nail.