pegged

American  

[pegd] / pɛgd /

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 byas ).

   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 byat ).

   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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of peg.

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.

Etymology

Origin of pegged

peg ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The award for actress was shared by Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto, co-stars of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden,” a movie pegged by many to potentially go all the way.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Mortgage News Daily on Monday pegged the 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 6.68%, well off 2026’s roughly 6% lows in January and February.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Recently Coinbase and some other trading platforms have been paying yields to customers on so-called stablecoins, a type of crypto pegged to the dollar.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The local currency is pegged to the dollar, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted the flow of dollars into the U.A.E. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Then Lettie Taylor chanced to shoo a fly off, and quicker than an auctioneer, that woman pegged her.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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