noun
keg
kehg
noun
1
A small barrel-shaped container, usually round and made of wood or metal, used to hold liquids such as beer.
"The party had two kegs of lager set up in the garage."
"They tapped the keg as soon as the guests arrived."
verb
1
To put or store something in a keg.
"The brewery keg the beer straight after fermentation."
How to Use Keg
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small barrel, most often associated with beer.
Common pairings
a keg of beer
tap the keg
keg party
Word Forms
kegged past tense, kegs plural, kegs singular
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Etymology
From Middle English kag, borrowed from Old Norse kaggi ("keg"), likely once meaning something like "stump" or "bush" before it came to mean a small barrel.