peddle
To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantitiesTo sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
» Peddle your wares elsewhere.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
hausieren
коммивояжёрствоватьkommivojažórstvovatʹ
To sell illegal narcotics.
sell or offer for sale from place to place
(derogatory, figuratively)To spread or cause to spread.
verbreiten
распространятьrasprostranjatʹ
Examples
10 sentencesPeddle your wares elsewhere.
Peddle your wares somewhere else.
You're a charlatan peddling snake oil.
ruВы шарлатан, торгующий средством от всех болезней. — marafon
The candidate ended up peddling conspiracy theories.
He peddled his "miracle cure" to desperate cancer patients.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Back-formation from pedlar. (Compare burgle from burglar.)Back-formation from pedlar. (Compare burgle from burglar.)
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Forms
peddles, peddling, peddled, peddledSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle