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peddle
[ ped-l ]
verb (used with object)
- to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
- to deal out, distribute, or dispense, especially in small quantities:
to peddle radical ideas.
- to sell (drugs) illicitly.
verb (used without object)
- to go from place to place with goods, wares, etc., for sale at retail.
- to occupy oneself with trifles; trifle.
peddle
/ ˈɛə /
verb
- to go from place to place selling (goods, esp small articles)
- tr to sell (illegal drugs, esp narcotics)
- tr to advocate (ideas) persistently or importunately
to peddle a new philosophy
- archaic.intr to trifle
Other Word Forms
- ·d verb (used with object) repeddled repeddling
- ܲ·d adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of peddle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of peddle1
Example Sentences
And Kennedy has ordered a "study" into the long-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism to be headed by a disgraced scientist who has peddled lies about vaccines for decades.
By now, he appeared to be fully immersed in unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, peddled by influential far-right YouTubers whose content he was consuming.
"This is a guy that peddles in garbage. This is what he does."
A network of brokers — many of them in the Korean community — gobbled up several prime slots and then peddled them on social media, especially on the Korean app KakaoTalk.
But the founders’ Calvinism, represented in “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” was intrepidly covenantal, crusading against abuses and addictions that Augustus merely massaged and that Trump actively trades on and peddles.
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