English Explanatory Dictionary

keg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/kɛɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-keg.wav /kæɡ/ /keɪɡ/

Word forms

keg kegs cag kag kager kegging kegged

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.

Derived words

Cornelius keg Corny keg keezer keg beer kegerator kegful kegger keglike keg party Kegseth keg stand minikeg nitrokeg pony keg pony keg station powder keg unkeg
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