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peddle

[ ped-l ]

verb (used with object)

peddled, peddling.
  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)

peddled, peddling.
  1. to go from place to place with goods, wares, etc., for sale at retail.
  2. to occupy oneself with trifles; trifle.

peddle

/ ˈ±èÉ›»åÉ™±ô /

verb

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù±ð·±è±ð»åd±ô±ð verb (used with object) repeddled repeddling
  • ³Ü²Ô·±è±ð»åd±ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peddle1

First recorded in 1525–35; apparently back formation from peddler; peddle indef 5, reinforced by piddle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peddle1

C16: back formation from pedlar
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Example Sentences

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By now, he appeared to be fully immersed in unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, peddled by influential far-right YouTubers whose content he was consuming.

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"This is a guy that peddles in garbage. This is what he does."

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A network of brokers — many of them in the Korean community — gobbled up several prime slots and then peddled them on social media, especially on the Korean app KakaoTalk.

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But the founders’ Calvinism, represented in “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,†was intrepidly covenantal, crusading against abuses and addictions that Augustus merely massaged and that Trump actively trades on and peddles.

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Kennedy has no medical expertise and peddled a range of harmful quackery as a private citizen, including anti-vaccination rhetoric and the benefits of chugging raw milk.

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