"keg" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɛɡ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /kæɡ/ (note: dated, Southeastern Midwest of the U.S.), /keɪɡ/ (note: dated, New England, Virginia, South Carolina) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-keg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kegs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kag}} Middle English kag, {{der|en|non|kaggi|t=keg}} Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kagô|t=bush, branch, stalk, stump}} Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”), {{cog|is|kaggi|t=keg; cask}} Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), {{cog|no|kagg|t=keg}} Norwegian kagg (“keg”), {{cog|sv|kagge|t=keg}} Swedish kagge (“keg”), {{cog|nds|kag|t=vessel; craft}} Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), {{cog|nl|kaag|t=vessel; craft}} Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”), {{cog|en|cag}} English cag, {{m|en|chag}} chag, {{m|en|fleg}} fleg Head templates: {{en-noun}} keg (plural kegs)
  1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer. Categories (topical): Containers Derived forms: Cornelius keg, Corny keg, keg beer, kegger, keg party, keg stand, pony keg, pony keg station, powder keg Coordinate_terms: sixtel Translations (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel): տակառիկ (takaṙik) (Armenian), бъчонка (bǎčonka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кег (keg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), barril [masculine] (Catalan), bóta (barril en anglès) [feminine] (Catalan), 啤酒桶 (píjiǔ tǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), fad [neuter] (Danish), fustage [common-gender] (Danish), tønde [common-gender] (Danish), vat [neuter] (Dutch), fust [neuter] (Dutch), tynnyri (Finnish), lekkeri (Finnish), tonnelet [masculine] (French), baril [masculine] (French), კასრი (ḳasri) (Georgian), Fass [neuter] (German), hordó (Hungarian), hordócska (Hungarian), legill [masculine] (Icelandic), bareleto (Ido), fusto [masculine] (Italian), barile [masculine] (Italian), бөшке (böşke) (Kazakh), tønne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tønne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tynne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), چلیک (čelik) (Persian), پیت (pit) (Persian), antałek [masculine] (Polish), antał [masculine] (Polish), barrica [feminine] (Portuguese), barrilete [masculine] (Portuguese), бочо́нок (bočónok) [masculine] (Russian), sod [masculine] (Slovene), barril [masculine] (Spanish), cuñete [masculine] (Spanish), barrilete [masculine] (Spanish), kagge [common-gender] (Swedish), fıçı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-keg-en-noun-KPdz4BBp Disambiguation of Containers: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cag, kag, kager [dialectal]

Verb

IPA: /kɛɡ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /kæɡ/ (note: dated, Southeastern Midwest of the U.S.), /keɪɡ/ (note: dated, New England, Virginia, South Carolina) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-keg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kegs [present, singular, third-person], kegging [participle, present], kegged [participle, past], kegged [past]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kag}} Middle English kag, {{der|en|non|kaggi|t=keg}} Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kagô|t=bush, branch, stalk, stump}} Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”), {{cog|is|kaggi|t=keg; cask}} Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), {{cog|no|kagg|t=keg}} Norwegian kagg (“keg”), {{cog|sv|kagge|t=keg}} Swedish kagge (“keg”), {{cog|nds|kag|t=vessel; craft}} Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), {{cog|nl|kaag|t=vessel; craft}} Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”), {{cog|en|cag}} English cag, {{m|en|chag}} chag, {{m|en|fleg}} fleg Head templates: {{en-verb}} keg (third-person singular simple present kegs, present participle kegging, simple past and past participle kegged)
  1. (transitive) To store in a keg. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keg-en-verb-1H3Ge6CH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cag, kag, kager [dialectal]

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2011, Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas, page 116",
          "text": "He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew, page 228",
          "text": "Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To store in a keg."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To store in a keg."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kæɡ/",
      "note": "dated, Southeastern Midwest of the U.S."
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keɪɡ/",
      "note": "dated, New England, Virginia, South Carolina"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɡ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cag"
    },
    {
      "word": "kag"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "kager"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "keg"
  ],
  "word": "keg"
}

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