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pegging the needle

pegging the needle is the present participle and gerund of peg the needle.

Meaning of peg the needle

Verb

peg the needle (third-person singular simple present pegs the needle, present participle pegging the needle, simple past and past participle pegged the needle)

  1. To cause the hand of a dial indicator to reach the highest measurement, due to reaching the maximum measurable speed, pressure, etc.
    • "Even so, all six subjects immediately pegged the needle in their first attempt to reach midscale."1957, Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences
  2. (idiomatic) To achieve the maximum level of something, to max out, to pull out all the stops.
    • "There will be plenty of time to cool off when you're dead, so you might as well peg your needle to the red."2008 August 22, Nick Barbaro, “The Luv Doc”, in The Austin Chronicle

Questions about pegging the needle

What is pegging the needle the present participle and gerund of?
Pegging the needle is the present participle and gerund of peg the needle.

Words near pegging the needle in the dictionary

  1. pegging away
  2. pegging back
  3. pegging down
  4. pegging it
  5. pegging out
  6. pegging the needle
  7. peggings
  8. Peggs
  9. Peggs Green
  10. peggy
  11. Peggys

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