pegging

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛɡɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡɪŋ

Noun

pegging (countable and uncountable, plural peggings)

  1. The act of fastening with a peg.
  2. Pegs collectively.
  3. The activity of artificial climbing on crags and in quarries outside the main mountain areas.[1]
  4. The act of rectal penetration of a man by a woman wearing a strap-on dildo.[2]
  5. Determined perseverance in work; pegging away.
  6. (dated) A thrashing.

Verb

pegging

  1. present participle of peg

References
  1. Alan Blackshaw (1965), “Chapter 9. Artificial climbing ('pegging')”, in Mountaineering: From Hill Walking to Alpine Climbing, Penguin Books, page 248: “This chapter describes the extra equipment and special techniques needed for artificial climbing. As noted in § 34, 2, this form of climbing has been developed in this country on limestone crags and gritstone quarries outside the main mountain areas.”
  2. The term was popularized when it became the winning entry in a contest in the "Savage Love" sex advice column in 2001.
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