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peddle
[
ped
-l
]
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Origin
ped·dle
/
ˈpɛd
l
/
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[
ped
-l
]
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verb,
-dled,
-dling.
verb (used with object)
1.
to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
2.
to deal out, distribute, or dispense, especially in small quantities:
to peddle radical ideas.
3.
to sell (drugs) illicitly.
verb (used without object)
4.
to go from place to place with goods, wares, etc., for sale at retail.
5.
to occupy oneself with trifles; trifle.
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to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
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to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
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Origin:
1525–35;
apparently back formation from
peddler
;
in def. 4, reinforced by
piddle
Related forms
re·ped·dle,
verb (used with object),
-dled,
-dling.
un·ped·dled,
adjective
Can be confused:
pedal
,
peddle,
petal
.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Example Sentences
He continued to
peddle
his wares until unable to walk a few months ago.
Essig, this country will never buy into the socialist bulls**t you and your fellow travellers try to
peddle
.
Regulators also peered into managers' murky fee structures and their often cosy dealings with brokers who
peddle
their funds.
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He continued to
peddle
his wares until unable to walk a few months ago.
Essig, this country will never buy into the socialist bulls**t you and your fellow travellers try to
peddle
.
Regulators also peered into managers' murky fee structures and their often cosy dealings with brokers who
peddle
their funds.
Some of of us have, but apparently not ignorant journalists who parrot what corporate agriculture wants to
peddle
.
Meanwhile, states and countries plan to
peddle
the attributes of their respective geographies as the best place for biotech.
Let's say you're trying to
peddle
some fake flowers.
Housewives sell pastries from their back doors, and bus and truck drivers
peddle
petrol.
Dole suddenly finds himself trying to
peddle
a supply-side tax cut to remedy the ailments of a new economy he'll never understand.
Bright-eyed bankers
peddle
ideas for other combinations.
There is no doubt that variable annuities are good for those who
peddle
them.
Some investors wonder about the honesty of the investment banks that
peddle
these bonds.
By this time the aid issue was being used to
peddle
some pet schemes.
Those who have to
peddle
goods or search for casual labour are equally well placed.
Meanwhile, some banks are trying to
peddle
other emerging-market investments instead.
Drug firms are starting to use more sophisticated techniques than a short skirt and a smile to
peddle
their pills.
They aren't convenient to the false distinctions this article is trying to
peddle
.
By failing to address this issue head on, the writer can only be suspected of having an agenda to
peddle
.
While the top private schools
peddle
their access to the top universities, it is really a self-selecting process.
The magazine will have to
peddle
its stuff somewhere else.
It's certainly not the women whose flesh they
peddle
and to whom they refer in crude anatomical slang.
Weiss hopes to
peddle
her creation to local coffee shops and elsewhere.
Sophisticated radio tags and database software are not much use in places where street hawkers
peddle
fakes with impunity.
Locals come daily to
peddle
their hand-loomed and handcrafted.
Then they were determined to
peddle
their nonsense in the public schools.
Amway has begun to
peddle
perfume and honey-glycerine soap.
Keep dreaming and hoping the degrees you
peddle
are that necessary.
Firms of varying competence and credibility
peddle
technical solutions.
Locals come daily to
peddle
their hand-loomed and handcrafted wares.
It does not guarantee everybody equal access to the marketplace to
peddle
their ideas.
Carlos cannot be allowed to
peddle
this nonsense and go unchallenged.
It's amazing they
peddle
this crap to the public with a straight face.
Coca-Cola generally favors a wholesome approach to
peddle
its beverage brands.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he finally got a license and was able to
peddle
legally.
They did not bother to
peddle
the government's propaganda that the unrest has been stirred up by foreign agents and so forth.
Harris played a more active role in seeking to
peddle
his influence.
But the system rewards those who can
peddle
plausible snake oil, and excludes anyone who is scrupulous about telling the truth.
They both
peddle
their own brand of poison to the people.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
peddle
(ˈpɛd
ə
l)
—
vb
1.
to go from place to place selling (goods, esp small articles)
2.
(
tr
) to sell (illegal drugs, esp narcotics)
3.
(
tr
) to advocate (ideas) persistently or importunately:
to peddle a new philosophy
4.
archaic
(
intr
) to trifle
[C16: back formation from
pedlar
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
peddle
"to retail," 1837, colloquial back formation from
peddler
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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