peddle

peddle

to carry around to sell; to deal out or distribute: peddle newspapers

Not to be confused with:

pedal – a foot-operated lever: Put the pedal to the metal.

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ped·dle

 (pĕd′l)

v. ped·dled, ped·dling, ped·dles

v.tr.

1.

a. To travel about selling (wares): peddling goods from door to door.

b. To engage in the illicit sale of (narcotics).

2. Informal To seek to disseminate; give out: peddling lies.

v.intr.

1. To travel about selling wares.

2. To occupy oneself with trifles.

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[Back-formation from peddler. V., intr., sense 2, probably influenced by piddle.]

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peddle

(ˈpɛdəl)

vb

1. (Commerce) to go from place to place selling (goods, esp small articles)

2. (Recreational Drugs) (tr) to sell (illegal drugs, esp narcotics)

3. (tr) to advocate (ideas) persistently or importunately: to peddle a new philosophy.

4. (intr) archaic to trifle

[C16: back formation from pedlar]

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ped•dle

(ˈpɛd l)

v. -dled, -dling. v.t.

1. to carry (goods, esp. small articles) from place to place for sale; hawk.

2. to attempt to spread: to peddle radical ideas.

v.i.

3. to go from place to place with goods for sale.

[1525–35; appar. back formation from peddler]

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peddle

Past participle: peddled
Gerund: peddling

Imperative

peddle

peddle

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

peddle - sell or offer for sale from place to place hawk, huckster, monger, vend, pitch sell, trade, deal - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"

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peddle

verb

1. sell, trade, push (informal), market, hawk, flog (slang), vend, huckster, sell door to door dealers peddling drugs

2. promote, publish, spread, broadcast, distribute, scatter, circulate, sow, disperse, diffuse, publicize, propagate, disseminate, promulgate biased newspapers peddling propaganda

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peddle

verb

1. To travel about selling goods:

hawk, huckster, vend.

2. To offer for sale:

deal (in), handle, market, merchandise, merchant, retail, sell, trade (in), vend.

3. To engage in the illicit sale of (narcotics):

deal.

Slang: push.

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Translations

يَبيعُ بالتَّجَوُّل

prodávat po domech

faldbyde

hausieren gehen mit

colporter

stunda farandsölu

andare in giro per venderespacciarevendere porta a porta

prekiautiprekiautojas

tirgoties, iznēsājot preces

selge på gataselge ved dørene

seyyar satıcılık/işportacılık yapmak

沿街叫卖

peddle

[ˈpedl] VT (= sell) → ir vendiendo (de puerta en puerta); [+ drugs] → pasar (fig) [+ ideas] → difundir

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

peddle

[ˈpɛd^əl] vt

(= sell) → colporter

[+ drugs] → faire le trafic de

[+ rumours] → colporter

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

peddle

vt → feilbieten, verkaufen; (fig) gossip etc → verbreiten; to peddle drugs → mit Drogen handeln

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

peddle

[ˈpɛdl] vt (goods) → andare in giro a vendere; (drugs) → spacciare; (gossip) → mettere in giro

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

peddle

(ˈpedl) verb

to go from place to place or house to house selling (small objects). Gypsies often peddle (goods) from door to door. verkoop, smous يَبيعُ بالتَّجَوُّل върша амбулантна търговия vender prodávat po domech hausieren gehen mit faldbyde; sælge ved dørene πουλώ μικροαντικείμενα από γειτονιά σε γειτονιά vender de puerta en puerta rändkaubitsema دوره فروشی کردن kaupustella colporter לִרכוֹל फेरी लगाना सामान बेचने के लिये pokućariti, prodavati na malo házal menjajakan stunda farandsölu (fare il venditore ambulante), (vendere) 売り歩く 행상하다 prekiauti (išnešiojamomis prekėmis) tirgoties, iznēsājot preces berjaja leuren selge på gata/ved dørene uprawiać handel domokrążny كلى په كلي سوداګرځول له يوه ځايه بل ځاى ته دخر څلاو دپاره وړل vender a face comerţ ambulant торговать вразнос predávať po domoch krošnjariti torbariti gå omkring och sälja vid dörrarna, idka gårdfarihandel เร่ขาย seyyar satıcılık/işportacılık yapmak 沿街叫賣 торгувати, розносячи товари پھيري کرنا bán rong 沿街叫卖

ˈpedlar , (also, especially American) ˈpeddler noun

a person who peddles. I bought it from a pedlar. smous بائِع مُتَجَوِّل амбулантен търговец vendedor ambulante podomní, pouliční obchodník der/die Hausierer(in) dørsælger γυρολόγος, μικροπωλητήςvendedor ambulante, buhonero rändkaupmees دستفروش دوره گرد kaupustelija colporteur/-euse רוכל फेरी वाला, गप्पी pedlar, raznositelj (prodavatelj)sitnica házaló penjaja farandsali (venditore ambulante) 行商人 행상인 prekiautojas (išnešiojamomis prekėmis) apkārtceļojošs tirgotājs penjaja ventergateselger, kramkar domokrążca لاس خرڅوونکی vendedor ambulante vânzător ambulant разносчик podomový obchodník krošnjar torbar gatuförsäljare, nasare, gårdfarihandlare คนขายของหาบเร่ seyyar satıcı, işportacı 叫賣的小販 рознощик; вуличний торговець پھيري والا người bán hàng rong 流动小贩，货郎

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