PEDDLE


Meaning of PEDDLE in English

ped ‧ dle /ˈpedl/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]

[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: peddler ]

1 . to sell goods to people, especially goods that people disapprove of because they are illegal, harmful, or of not very high quality ⇨ push , deal :

They were accused of peddling drugs.

people who peddle cigarettes to young children

2 . to try to sell things to people, especially by going from place to place:

Farmers come to Seoul to peddle rice.

a door-to-door salesman peddling his wares (=selling his goods)

3 . to try to persuade people to accept an opinion or idea which is wrong or false:

politicians peddling instant solutions to long-standing problems

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THESAURUS

▪ sell to give something to someone in exchange for money:

He sold his motorcycle.

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The shop sells old furniture.

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Do you sell books on gardening?

▪ export to send goods to another country to be sold:

Which countries export oil to the United States?

▪ deal in something to buy and sell a particular type of goods as part of your business:

He deals in antiques.

▪ put something up for sale/put something on the market to make something available to be bought:

When the painting was first put up for sale, no one thought that it would be worth so much money.

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The farm was put up for sale.

▪ sell up British English to sell your house or your business so that you can move to a different place or do something different:

They’re thinking of selling up and moving to Canada.

▪ auction something/sell something at auction to sell things at a special event to the person who offers the most money:

The contents of his home will be auctioned.

▪ flog British English informal to sell something, especially something that is of low quality:

A man at the market was flogging £10 watches.

▪ peddle to sell cheap things in the street. Also used about selling illegal drugs and ↑ pornography :

Street vendors peddled American and British cigarettes.

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People who peddle drugs to children should be severely punished.

▪ traffic in something to buy and sell large quantities of illegal goods or people:

They trafficked in illegal weapons.

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The gang were involved in people-trafficking.

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drug-trafficking

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.