keg
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Definition of keg
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
verb
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(transitive)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.”
“Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.”
- (UK)The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank.
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Etymology
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…
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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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