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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ped•dle /ˈpɛdəl/USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. - to go with or carry (goods, esp. small articles) from place to place for sale;
hawk: [~ + object]peddling some useless medicine.[no object]peddling on the Lower East Side. - to deal out or attempt to spread:[~ + object]to peddle radical ideas.
ped•dler, n. [countable]See -ped1-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ped•dle (ped′l),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. v.t. - to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail;
hawk. - to deal out, distribute, or dispense, esp. in small quantities:to peddle radical ideas.
- Drugsto sell (drugs) illicitly.
v.i. - to go from place to place with goods, wares, etc., for sale at retail.
- to occupy oneself with trifles;
trifle.
- 1525–35; apparently back formation from peddler; in def. 4, reinforced by piddle
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peddle /ˈpɛdəl/ vb - to go from place to place selling (goods, esp small articles)
- (transitive) to sell (illegal drugs, esp narcotics)
- (transitive) to advocate (ideas) persistently or importunately: to peddle a new philosophy
Etymology: 16th Century: back formation from pedlar |