peddle vs pedal
Definitions
verb
- sell or offer for sale from place to place
Examples
I thought his favor was excessive; certainly I never thought their powers were any more real than those cheapjack toadstone-peddlers or the granny-wives who claim they can put a bad word on someone's cow.
vintner" and "peddler" of his objurgations, and meekly whispers into his ear with the air of a conspirator reporting a plot to his chief.
Cities such as Moscow, Novgorod, Pskov, and Yaroslavl grew around the old fortresses (kremlins) and monasteries that formed their centers and near the gates where artisans and traders peddled their goods.
Definitions
verb
- operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
- ride a bicycle
noun
- a sustained bass note
- a lever that is operated with the foot
adjective
- of or relating to the feet
Examples
Yes, the gearbox was a bit saggy and I was alarmed at how much pressure the brake pedal needed to do an emergency stop, but other than this, all was well.
Its snouty head, patchy grey body and small pedal fins make the dwarf look more like a large dolphin than a baleen whale.
From the time the moderator gives the word, let's say it's "sesquipedalian," until your progeny very slowly spells it correctly, doesn't it seem a lifetime?
