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How to use keg in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Keg means a round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer. Example: “We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend.”

Examples of keg by meaning

verbTo 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

More sentences with keg

  • We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend.From the entry do in
  • Go hork the kegs from out back.From the entry hork
  • But the methies, the are like a powder keg you don’t want coming at you.2022 September 5, @r8chelg, Twitter. From the entry crackie
  • In Cincinnati it is a place to buy a small beer keg.1976 February, Walter S. Adams, “Queen City Report”, in Cincinnati, volume 9, number 5, page 72. From the entry pony keg
  • Couple of parallel Mortys tried to pull a keg outta their Bag of Holding, turned it inside out.2025 July 13, Albro Lundy & James Siciliano, “Nomortland” (10:25 from the start), in Rick and Morty, season 8, episode 8, spoken by Jerry…. From the entry bag of holding
  • Kegs of beer were set up around every corner.2010 March 22, Dan Wiederer, “‘I’ll Do It if Bob Does It’”, in Blue Streak: The Highs, Lows and Behind the Scenes Hijinks of a National…. From the entry luge
  • I'd drunk at least a barload of rum and three kegs of whisky between my last love and this arrow shaft.1994, Carmen Boullosa, The Miracle-Worker, page 77. From the entry barload
  • My husband provided the keg of beer and Tina made huge bowls of mostaccioli (not lasagna, never in ten years lasagna!).1988 May 27, Barbara W. Siebel, “Tina and Rosie's Farewell”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry mostaccioli
  • It would also be nice to see a few kegs and some spirit around their awaited creation each night.1978 November 14, Jeff Boylan, “Excerpts”, in Bob Wasserman, editor, The Tech, volume 98, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT, archived from the…. From the entry geek
  • For example, a pony keg is a small beer keg.1976 February, Walter S. Adams, “Queen City Report”, in Cincinnati, volume 9, number 5, page 72. From the entry pony keg
  • The top people and elders had monopolized it, leaving the young people with two kegs of sour palm-wine.1963, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, Penguin Classics (2010), page 64. From the entry palm-wine
  • A score of bands played, youngsters in particular ran about attired in costume, there were barbeques and flowing beer kegs.1962, Mack Reynolds, Mercenary. From the entry fun house
  • Milei’s allies reject his portrayal as an unbalanced powder keg, although they do not refute claims their leader takes counsel from his cloned mastiffs.2023 November 19, Tom Phillips, “Argentina holds breath as far-right Milei seizes narrow runoff advantage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry mastiff
  • What's left after numerous games of beer pong, beer 30, shotguns, shot o'clock, belly shots, keg stands, ice luges, beer helmets, and Edward Fortyhands?2012 October 12, Jeff Winkler, “Things I Learned from Butt Chugging”, in VICE. From the entry butt chug
  • Across the room, some meathead wearing a supertight tank top and an upside-down visor screams about a tapped keg, the ultimate in prep-school party fouls.2009, Siobhan Vivian, Little Friendly Advice. From the entry supertight
  • I turned a 5 gal paint pale upside down to trace the opening on top of the keg (it is the perfect sized opening).2005 February 1, JL [username], “Re: Keg Cutting: The Mother of All Methods”, in rec.crafts.brewing (Usenet). From the entry babillion
  • Five hundred hiki (the cost of five kegs of sake), six loads of charcoal, two baskets of oranges, and various dried foods.2002, Sōchō, translated by H. Mack Horton, The Journal of Sōchō, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 130. From the entry hiki
  • "Pat, let me have that keg," and the schoolteacher proceeded to hammer around the bung, in the way of the orthodox bungstarter.1943, Ernest Thompson Seton, “The Seton village press”, in The Preacher of Cedar Mountain, page 134. From the entry bungstarter

Meaning of keg

  1. noun A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
  2. verb To store in a keg.
  3. verb The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank.

Full definition of keg

Questions about keg in a sentence

How do you use keg in a sentence?
Keg is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We very nearly did in an entire keg of beer that weekend.”
What is a short sentence with keg?
“Go hork the kegs from out back.”
What does keg mean?
Keg means a round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

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