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keg

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noun/kɛɡ//kæɡ//keɪɡ/
  1. 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.
verb/kɛɡ//kæɡ//keɪɡ/
  1. 1

    To store in a keg.transitive

    • 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. 2

    The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank.UK

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