Meaning & use

Peddles

verb·Everyday

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Sells goods, especially in small quantities, by going from place to place; also used disapprovingly of spreading ideas or rumors.

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The vendor peddles fruit from a cart near the station every morning.

The tabloid peddles gossip with little regard for accuracy.

A note on using this word

Third-person singular of 'peddle', from 'peddler', a traveling seller of small goods.

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