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keg
[ keg ]
noun
- a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
- a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds (45 kilograms), used for nails.
- Also kegger. a keg party; beer bust.
keg
/ ɛɡ /
noun
- a small barrel with a capacity of between five and ten gallons
- an aluminium container in which beer is transported and stored
- Also calledkeg beer beer kept in a keg: it is infused with gas and served under pressure
Word History and Origins
Origin of keg1
Word History and Origins
Origin of keg1
Idioms and Phrases
see sitting on a powder keg .Example Sentences
The press and the then-burgeoning powder keg of social media ran with it.
Initially, Gardner had a small collection of mostly bourbon, plus the keg.
Her rendition of Morrissey’s “Dear God, Please Help Me” hits its climax when Faithfull bellows at full volume, “There are explosive kegs / Between my legs / Dear God, please help me.”
He says it's like living on a powder keg – you never know when or where the next shell will land.
She says that she usually gets eight kegs of Guinness a week but was limited to four, leaving her with just one barrel by Friday morning - containing 88 pints.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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