unpeg

[ uhn-peg ]

verb (used with object),un·pegged, un·peg·ging.
  1. to remove the pegs from.

  2. to open, unfasten, or unfix by or as if by removing a peg.

  1. to stop pegging (commodity prices, exchange rates, etc.).

Origin of unpeg

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; un-2 + peg

Words Nearby unpeg

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How to use unpeg in a sentence

  • This accommodating old clerk would quickly unpeg his beaver at the first hint of new occupants.

    Pierre; or The Ambiguities | Herman Melville

British Dictionary definitions for unpeg

unpeg

/ (ʌnˈpɛɡ) /


verb-pegs, -pegging or -pegged (tr)
  1. to remove the peg or pegs from, esp to unfasten

  2. to allow (prices, wages, etc) to rise and fall freely

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