keg
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//kɛɡ//
- //kæɡ//
- //keɪɡ//
A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.
noun
- 1
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.
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 (“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.
verb
- 1
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.
- 2
The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank.
Forms
- plural
- kegs
- past tense
- kegged
- past participle
- kegged
- present participle
- kegging
- third person singular
- kegs
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