Standard Lemma guide

peddle

name · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpɛdəl/
  • homophone: pedal
  • homophone: petal (some dialects)
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛdəl
  • CMU ARPABET: P EH1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To sell illegal narcotics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To spread or cause to spread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

sell or offer for sale from place to place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deal, sell, trade

History

Etymology

Back-formation from pedlar. (Compare burgle from burglar.)

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: продавам амбулантно (prodavam ambulantno) — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Dutch: leuren — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Dutch: aan de deur verkopen — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Esperanto: kolporti — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Finnish: kaupustella — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Finnish: kaupitella — to sell things, especially door to door
  • French: colporter — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Hungarian: házal — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Portuguese: mascatear — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Russian: коммивояжёрствовать (kommivojažórstvovatʹ) — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Spanish: vender de puerta en puerta — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Spanish: intentar vender — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Spanish: querer vender — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Tagalog: maglako — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Yiddish: פּעדלען (pedlen) — to sell things, especially door to door
  • Dutch: dealen — to sell illegal narcotics
  • Finnish: diilata — to sell illegal narcotics
  • Finnish: välittää — to sell illegal narcotics
  • Portuguese: traficar — to sell illegal narcotics
  • Spanish: traficar — to sell illegal narcotics
  • Dutch: rondbazuinen — to spread or cause to spread
  • Dutch: ingang doen vinden — to spread or cause to spread
  • Finnish: levittää — to spread or cause to spread
  • French: colporter — to spread or cause to spread
  • German: verbreiten — to spread or cause to spread
  • Polish: rozpowszechniać — to spread or cause to spread
  • Russian: распространять (rasprostranjatʹ) — to spread or cause to spread
  • Spanish: difundir — to spread or cause to spread
  • Spanish: pregonar — to spread or cause to spread
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