peddling

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ped′ling)

From the verb peddle: (⇒ conjugate)
peddling is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections: v pres p

ped•dling (ped′ling),USA pronunciation adj.

ped′dling•ly, adv.

ped•dle /ˈpɛdəl/USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling.

to go with or carry (goods, esp. small articles) from place to place for sale;
hawk: [~ + object]peddling some useless medicine.[no object]peddling on the Lower East Side.
to deal out or attempt to spread:[~ + object]to peddle radical ideas.

ped•dler, n. [countable]See -ped¹-.

ped•dle (ped′l),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling.
v.t.

to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail;
hawk.
to deal out, distribute, or dispense, esp. in small quantities:to peddle radical ideas.
Drugsto sell (drugs) illicitly.

v.i.

1525–35; apparently back formation from peddler; in def. 4, reinforced by piddle

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peddle /ˈpɛd^əl/ vb

to go from place to place selling (goods, esp small articles)
(transitive) to sell (illegal drugs, esp narcotics)
(transitive) to advocate (ideas) persistently or importunately: to peddle a new philosophy

Etymology: 16th Century: back formation from pedlar

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