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PEDDLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they peddle ... he / she / it peddles
Past simple: peddled
Past participle: peddled
-ing form: peddling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sell or offer for sale from place to place
Synonyms:
hawk; huckster; monger; peddle; pitch; vend
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "peddle" is one way to...):
deal; sell; trade (do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
peddler (someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals))
peddler (an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs)
peddling (the act of selling goods for a living)
