"pegging" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛɡɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pegging.wav Forms: peggings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pegging (countable and uncountable, plural peggings)
  1. The act of fastening with a peg. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pegging-en-noun-PEMgPb2c
  2. Pegs collectively. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pegging-en-noun-dOf4s3GP
  3. The activity of artificial climbing on crags and in quarries outside the main mountain areas. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pegging-en-noun-69hnTiyB
  4. (sex) The act of anal penetration of a man by someone, usually a woman, wearing a strap-on dildo. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-pegging-en-noun-A4fSLukP Topics: lifestyle, sex, sexuality
  5. Determined perseverance in work; pegging away. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pegging-en-noun-M-cqLI~j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 18 8 59 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 5 15 5 59 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 16 3 67 4 3
  6. (dated) A thrashing. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pegging-en-noun-oH4ZjD80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tent pegging

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɛɡɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pegging.wav
Rhymes: -ɛɡɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pegging
  1. present participle and gerund of peg Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: peg
    Sense id: en-pegging-en-verb-mEHYKs0C

Inflected forms

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