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pedal

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. pedal (verb)
  2. soft-pedal (verb)

3ped·al

verb \ˈpe-dəl\
ped·aled also ped·alledped·al·ing also ped·al·ling\ˈpe-dəl-iŋ, ˈped-liŋ\

Definition of PEDAL

intransitive verb
1
: to ride a bicycle
2
: to use or work a pedal
transitive verb
: to work the pedals of
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Examples of PEDAL

  1. He was pedaling as fast as he could.
  2. He pedaled down to the store.

First Known Use of PEDAL

1883

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