pegged

[ pegd ]

adjective

1. expected to do or be something, based on an assumption or stereotype or past behavior (followed by for or an infinitive): This was a team pegged for greatness before they even set foot on the practice field.

   The son of a wealthy businessman, he was pegged to follow in his father’s footsteps.

   This was a team pegged for greatness before they even set foot on the practice field.

2. identified or labeled (followed by as ):

   Once you’re pegged as a manipulator, word will spread; count on it.

3. estimated, calculated, or generally considered to be of a certain value, size, time, etc. (followed by at ):

   Another stimulus package, pegged at $200 million, is now being debated in the Senate.

   France's Jewish community was then one of the largest in Europe, pegged at around 500,000.

4. attached to a certain variable or standard as a measure of value:

   Saudi Arabia's currency is pegged to that of the United States.

5. fixed or assigned:

   The new smartphone will be out soon, with May 29th pegged as its release date.

   The professor pegged to moderate our debate emailed us all a week in advance.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of peg ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of pegged¹

peg ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. have (got) someone or something pegged, to have figured out the true nature of a person or thing:

   Apart from that one overreaching comment, I admit you've pretty much got me pegged.

Example Sentences

In the seventeenth century, Thomas Hobbes pegged laughter as the companion of scorn.

From Salon

A June assessment by the California State Water Resources Control Board pegged the cost of repairing failing and at-risk public water systems at about $11.5 billion.

From Salon

Missouri’s estimate of the number of ER visits in 2022 by women experiencing complications and enrolled in Medicaid was about eight to twelve, pegged to a range of complication rates.

From Los Angeles Times

Several Brown attack ads have pegged him as a career politician whose radical left ideology makes him too liberal for Ohioans.

From Salon

The most recent census pegged the population at nearly 4,000.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• appointed