2. To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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. 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
