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

They don’t produce income like bonds, and their prices can’t be pegged to liquid markets like those of public company securities.

From Los Angeles Times

Polls pegged him as being roughly tied with Donald Trump, and he’d just done an enormous fundraiser with George Clooney and Barack Obama.

From Slate

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

So they will be bitterly disappointed to have been pegged back to 2-2 - especially when you consider the way they had ended the first half, because they were in control of the game at that point.

From BBC

The hosts dominated the early stages in Wigan and opened up a 16-0 lead but were pegged back at various stages of the contest by a new-look Samoa side containing eight debutants.

From BBC

Related Words

• appointed