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--v. 4 fasten, secure, make fast, fix, attach, pin: They
pegged the tent firmly to the ground. 5 fix, attach, pin, set
(by), control by, limit by, restrict, confine, freeze, bind,
regulate, govern: In indexing, the rate of inflation is often
used for pegging wages. 6 toss, throw, shy, flip, sling, cast:
I'll bet a fiver you can't peg that stone across the river. 7
peg away or US also along. work (away) (at), persevere (at),
apply oneself (to), persist (in or at), go to or at (it), keep
at (it), stick to or with or at (it), stay with or at (it),
carry on (with or at), Colloq plug away (at), beaver away (at),
hammer or bang or peck away (at): Trevor pegs away at his
homework every evening.
pell-mell adv. 1 helter-skelter, slapdash, rashly, feverishly,
incautiously, confusedly, chaotically, wildly, impulsively,
recklessly, slap-bang, impetuously, hastily, hurriedly,
precipitately, spontaneously: The ice-cream vendor pedalled
down the street with the children running pell-mell after him.
--adj. 2 helter-skelter, slapdash, rash, feverish, incautious,
confused, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, wild, mad,
chaotic, tumultuous, panicky, impulsive, reckless, precipitate,
impetuous, hasty, hurried: Quick action by the soldiers was
responsible for the pell-mell rout of the attackers.
--n. 3 confusion, disorder, chaos, tumult, pandemonium,
turmoil, mˆl‚e or melee, furore or US furor, commotion, bedlam,
brouhaha, hubbub, excitement: In the pell-mell that followed,
several bystanders were injured.
pelt° v. 1 bombard, shower, bomb, pepper, strafe, batter, shell,
assail, assault, attack, US pummel or pommel, belabour, pound,
Old-fashioned lay about, Slang US clobber, wallop, paste, work
over: The hooligans pelted the crowd with sticks and stones. 2
Often, pelt down. beat, dash, pound, hit; come down, teem, pour,
Colloq rain cats and dogs, bucket down, US rain pitchforks: The
rain came pelting down just as we were ready to go out. 3 pelt
along or over. hurry, rush, run, dash, shoot, scoot, scurry:
The constables pelted along after the escaping thief.
--n. 4 stroke, blow, whack, hit, smack, slap, thwack, bang,
thump, Colloq wallop, belt: Chris received a pelt on the head