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Added 7 October 2026

keg

/kɛɡ/ symbol

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ISO 639-3 language code for Tese.

noun

A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

verb

To store in a keg.
The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank.

Origin

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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