keg
/kæɡ//kɛɡ/
keg noun: a round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
Noun
keg (plural kegs)
- A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
- He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with his load.1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page...
Verb
keg (third-person singular simple present kegs, present participle kegging, simple past and past participle kegged)
- To store in a keg.
- He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.2011, Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas, page 116
- Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.2015, Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew, page 228
- The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank.
keg meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
keg in Hindi
- केग
keg in Tamil
- மிடா
keg in Marathi
- केग
keg in Urdu
- چھوٹا ڈول, پیپا
More languagesFewer languages
- keg in Bengali
- ছোট পিপা
- keg in Telugu
- కెగ్, కేగ్, కెగ్కి
- keg in Malayalam
- ചെറിയവീപ്പ
- keg in Kannada
- ಕೆಗ್, ಕೇಗ್
- keg in Punjabi
- ਕੇਗ
- keg in Odia
- କେଗ୍
- keg in Nepali
- केग, केग गर्न, टु केग
- keg in Persian
- چلیک čelik, پیت pit
Examples of keg in a sentence
- We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend.
- Go hork the kegs from out back.
- But the methies, the are like a powder keg you don’t want coming at you.
Forms of keg
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kegs |
| alternative form | cag |
| alternative form (dialectal) | kag |
| alternative form (dialectal) | kager |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | kegs |
| present participle | kegging |
| past participle | kegged |
| past | kegged |
Origin of keg
From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”), likely a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, branch, stalk, stump”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”). Compare also English cag and chag. The modern form keg with /ɛ/ is due to a dialectal raising of /a///æ/ to /ɛ/ before velars (cf. fleg); the expected form is preserved in dialectal /kæɡ/, while /keɪɡ/ reflects further raising that occurred in some dialects.
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Questions about keg
- What does keg mean?
- Keg means a round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
- What is keg in Hindi?
- Keg in Hindi is केग. See Keg meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is keg?
- Keg can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce keg?
- Keg is pronounced /kɛɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of keg?
- The plural of keg is kegs.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: keg (page history and authors); keg (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keg (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keg (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keg (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keg (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keg (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keg (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keg (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keg (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keg (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); keg (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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