peg

patère, crochet

Petit morceau de bois ou de métal qui dépasse d’une surface et sert à suspendre des objets.

En anglais simple : A short piece of wood or metal sticking out from a surface, used for hanging things.

• Hang your coat on the peg.
• There are four pegs by the door.
• She took her hat off its peg.

Synonymes : hook

Expressions courantes : coat peg, wooden peg, peg on something

cheville

Petit morceau rond de bois ou de métal qui assemble, maintient ou soutient des objets.

En anglais simple : A short round piece of wood or metal that joins, holds, or supports other objects.

• Push the peg into the hole.
• Wooden pegs hold the frame together.
• One metal peg supports each moving arm.

Synonymes : pin, dowel

Expressions courantes : wooden peg, metal peg, peg joint

cheville de score

Petite cheville déplacée entre les trous d’un plateau pour indiquer le score au cribbage.

En anglais simple : A small pin moved between holes on a board to show a player’s score in cribbage.

• Move your peg forward three holes.
• Each player has two pegs on the board.
• Her peg reached the final hole first.

Synonymes : marker

Expressions courantes : cribbage peg, scoring peg, peg hole

fixer, attacher

Maintenir quelque chose en place avec de petites chevilles, des pinces ou des piquets.

En anglais simple : To hold something in place using small pins, clips, or sticks.

• Peg the tent down firmly.
• She pegged the sheets to the line.
• Have you pegged out the washing?

Comment l'utiliser : peg something to something (He pegged the blanket to the washing line.); peg something down (We pegged the canvas down at each corner.)

Synonymes : fasten, secure

Expressions courantes : peg something down, peg something out, peg something to something

cataloguer, classer

Considérer quelqu’un comme un certain type de personne ou lui attribuer une qualité particulière.

En anglais simple : To decide that someone is a particular kind of person or has a particular quality.

• I pegged him as a teacher.
• She had been pegged as shy at school.
• Did you peg me for a troublemaker?

Comment l'utiliser : peg someone as something (They pegged her as a future leader.); peg someone for something (I pegged him for a city boy.)

Synonymes : classify, label, pigeonhole

Expressions courantes : peg someone as something, peg someone for something

épingler, fixer

Attacher quelque chose à une surface avec une épingle ou une autre petite fixation.

En anglais simple : To fix something to a surface with a pin or another small fastener.

• Peg the notice to the board.
• She pegged a picture above her desk.
• The map was pegged to the wall.

Comment l'utiliser : peg something to something (He pegged the photograph to the noticeboard.)

Synonymes : pin, attach, fasten

Expressions courantes : peg something up, peg something to something