NOUN
- a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound
How To Use soft pedal In A Sentence
- Thora is an avid feminist so I decided to soft pedal the issue of women's rights while she was at the meeting.
- The ‘soft pedal’ on some uprights moves the whole set of hammers closer to the strings, so that they give a less powerful blow.
- It has a very soft pedal and judders on take-off.
- Take a gentleman's advice and apply the soft pedal to your wheezy calliope -- get off the political stage in time to avoid the coming cataclysm of sphacelated cabbage and has-been cats. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 10
