Definition of peddle Peddle

/pɛˈdʌl/ - [pedul] - ped•dle

We found 9 definitions of peddle from 5 different sources.

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What does peddle mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

peddles, peddling, peddled  

peddle - sell or offer for sale from place to place
  monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
  trade, sell, deal exchange or give (something) in exchange for
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • peddle (Verb)
    To sell things, especially door to door .
  • peddle (Verb)
    To sell illegal narcotics.
  • peddle (Verb)
    To spread or cause to spread.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • peddle (v. i.)
    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.
  • peddle (v. i.)
    To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
  • peddle (v. t.)
    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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • peddle
    ped′l, v.i. to travel about with a basket or bundle of goods, esp. of smallwares, for sale: to trifle.—v.t. to retail in small quantities.—ns. Pedd′ler, Ped′lar, Ped′ler, a hawker or travelling merchant; Pedd′lery, Ped′lary, the trade or tricks of a peddler: wares sold by a peddler.—adj. Pedd′ling, unimportant.—n. the trade or tricks of a peddler. [Peddar, pedder, one who carries wares in a ped or basket.]

Part of speech

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  • peddle, verb, present, 1st person singular of peddle (infinitive).
  • peddle, verb (infinitive).

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