peddle

peddle
a) To sell things, especially door to door.
b) To sell illegal narcotics.
See Also: peddler, peddling

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  • peddle — ped‧dle [ˈpedl] verb [transitive] COMMERCE to sell, or try to sell, goods to people, especially by going from place to place or by selling them in the street: • a door to door salesman peddling his wares • Farmers come to Seoul to peddle rice. *… …   Financial and business terms

  • Peddle — Ped dle, v. i. [From {Peddler}.] 1. To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license. [1913 Webster] 2. To do a small business; to be busy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Peddle — Ped dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Peddling}.] To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peddle — ► VERB 1) sell (goods) by going from place to place. 2) sell (an illegal drug or stolen item). 3) derogatory promote (an idea) persistently or widely. USAGE On the confusion between pedal and peddle, see the note at PEDAL(Cf. ↑pedaller) …   English terms dictionary

  • peddle — index barter, handle (trade), sell, vend Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • peddle — to retail, 1837, colloquial back formation from PEDDLER (Cf. peddler). Related: Peddling …   Etymology dictionary

  • peddle — [v] sell door to door canvas*, hawk*, huckster*, market, monger*, push, shove, solicit, trade, vend; concept 345 Ant. buy …   New thesaurus

  • peddle — [ped′ l] vi. peddled, peddling [back form. < PEDDLER] 1. to go from place to place selling small articles 2. [infl. by PIDDLE] to spend time on trifles; piddle vt. 1. to carry from place to place and offer for sale …   English World dictionary

  • Peddle — Chuck Peddle (* 1937 in Bangor, Maine) ist ein US amerikanischer Elektronik Ingenieur, der für seine Entwicklung des MOS 6502 Microprozessors in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren bekannt geworden ist. Auf Grundlage dieses Prozessors wurden… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • peddle — [[t]pe̱d(ə)l[/t]] peddles, peddling, peddled 1) VERB Someone who peddles things goes from place to place trying to sell them. [OLD FASHIONED] [V n] His attempts to peddle his paintings around London s tiny gallery scene proved unsuccessful. 2)… …   English dictionary

  • peddle — UK [ˈped(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms peddle : present tense I/you/we/they peddle he/she/it peddles present participle peddling past tense peddled past participle peddled 1) a) to sell something on the street or by going to customers,… …   English dictionary

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