Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to peddle
Participle: peddled
Gerund: peddling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | peddle |
| you | peddle |
| he;she;it | peddles |
| we | peddle |
| you | peddle |
| they | peddle |
Perfect
| I | have peddled |
| you | have peddled |
| he;she;it | has peddled |
| we | have peddled |
| you | have peddled |
| they | have peddled |
Past
| I | peddled |
| you | peddled |
| he;she;it | peddled |
| we | peddled |
| you | peddled |
| they | peddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had peddled |
| you | had peddled |
| he;she;it | had peddled |
| we | had peddled |
| you | had peddled |
| they | had peddled |
Future
| I | will peddle |
| you | will peddle |
| he;she;it | will peddle |
| we | will peddle |
| you | will peddle |
| they | will peddle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have peddled |
| you | will have peddled |
| he;she;it | will have peddled |
| we | will have peddled |
| you | will have peddled |
| they | will have peddled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | peddle |
| you | peddle |
| he;she;it | peddle |
| we | peddle |
| you | peddle |
| they | peddle |
Perfect
| I | have peddled |
| you | have peddled |
| he;she;it | have peddled |
| we | have peddled |
| you | have peddled |
| they | have peddled |
Imperfect
| I | peddled |
| you | peddled |
| he;she;it | peddled |
| we | peddled |
| you | peddled |
| they | peddled |
Pluperfect
| I | had peddled |
| you | had peddled |
| he;she;it | had peddled |
| we | had peddled |
| you | had peddled |
| they | had peddled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would peddle |
| you | would peddle |
| he;she;it | would peddle |
| we | would peddle |
| you | would peddle |
| they | would peddle |
Perfect
| I | would have peddled |
| you | would have peddled |
| he;she;it | would have peddled |
| we | would have peddled |
| you | would have peddled |
| they | would have peddled |
Imperative
| you | peddle |
| we | Let's peddle |
| you | peddle |
Verbs conjugated like 'peddle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'peddle'
feddle,
heddle,
meddle,
paddle,
piddle,
puddle,
reddle,
addle,
bedole,
buddle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to provide goods or services in exchange for money
- cheap, hawk, monger, retail, sell, vend
- hawk
- sell, vend, trade, dispense, retail, market
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from pedlar. (Compare burgle from burglar.)
Sample Sentences
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My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price. [1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:]
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- How much you think this stuff is worth?
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- Yeah, there must be a million bucks' worth.
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- Think we could peddle it?
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- Oh, you can always get rid of it. [1974, 42:19 from the start, in Gone in 60 Seconds:]
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Christine walked a dangerous line, peddling gossip about her detested son-in-law. [2009, Michael John Beashel, Unshackled, page 166:]
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Roberts was a drug dealer, nicknamed 'King Krud', who peddled death and misery. [2012, Niamh O'Connor, Taken, page 166:]
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Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer. [2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):]
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As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers". [2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:]