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• past participle of peg.
• past tense form of peg.

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 odds had the chances of at least one Fed rate hike this year at almost 40% on Friday, according to the CME FedWatch Tool, with two hikes pegged at about 33%.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 10, 2026

A recent poll pegged support among the state’s voters at 64%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

In April 2025, WLF also marketed its stablecoin -- a digital currency whose value is pegged to a traditional currency, in this case the dollar.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Butters also pegged the S&P 500’s earnings growth rate at 23.1% for the second quarter, with the forward 12-month price-to-earnings ratio at 20.1, or above the five-year historical average of 19.9.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

The man with the cap, whom I’d pegged as their leader, began to fire questions at us.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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