Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - peddle
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Peddle
peddle
verb (~d; peddling) Etymology: back-formation from ~r, from Middle English pedlere, alteration of pedder ~r Date: 1532 intransitive verb 1. to travel about with wares for sale; broadly sell 2. to be busy with trifles ; piddle transitive verb 1. to sell or offer for sale from place to place ; hawk; broadly sell 2. to deal out or seek to disseminate 3. to offer or promote as valuable
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1.
v. 1 tr. a sell (goods), esp. in small quantities, as a pedlar. b advocate or promote (ideas, a philosophy, a way of life, etc.). 2 tr. sell (drugs) illegally. 3 intr. engage in selling, esp. as a pedlar. Etymology: back-form. f. PEDLAR ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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гл. 1) торг. торговать вразнос (ходить по улице или по домам и предлагать товар) 2) общ. заниматься пустяками, размениваться по пустякам 3) общ. распространять идеи; разносить слухи See: peddler ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. торговать вразнос he peddled drugs —- он торговал наркотиками 2. быть разносчиком 3. торговать мелочами 4. развозить товары для продажи to peddle wares from town to town —- разъезжать с товарами из города в город 5. навязывать to peddle ideas (plans) —- навязывать идеи (планы) 6. сплетничать to peddle stories (scandals) —- распускать слухи (заниматься сплетнями) 7. заниматься пустяками, размениваться на мелочи to peddle with literature —- поверхностно заниматься литературой to peddle away one's time —- бесцельно убивать время Id: to peddle one's papers —- ам. не лезть в чужие дела; удрать, сбежать Id: I told him to go and peddle his papers —- я велел ему убраться и заняться своими делами ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
(peddles, peddling, peddled) 1. Someone who peddles things goes from place to place trying to sell them. (OLD-FASHIONED) His attempts to peddle his paintings around London’s tiny gallery scene proved unsuccessful. VERB: V n 2. Someone who peddles drugs sells illegal drugs. When a drug pusher offered the Los Angeles youngster $100 to peddle drugs, Jack refused. = push VERB: V n • peddling The war against drug peddling is all about cash. N-UNCOUNT 3. If someone peddles an idea or a piece of information, they try very hard to get people to accept it. They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda. VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval PEDDLER (peddlers) Note: The spelling 'pedlar' is also used in British English for meanings 1 and 3. 1. A peddler is someone who goes from place to place in order to sell something. (AM; also BRIT OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT 2. A drug peddler is a person who sells illegal drugs. N-COUNT 3. A peddler of information or ideas is someone who frequently expresses such ideas to other people. ...the peddlers of fear. N-COUNT: usu N of n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ v 1 to go from place to place, trying to sell something (An old woman was peddling goods on a street corner. | peddle drugs (=sell illegal drugs)) 2 to try to get people to accept opinions, false information etc (a magazine that peddles scandal and gossip) 3 informal, especially AmE to sell goods that are of low quality ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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