peddle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
    monger; vend; pitch; hawk; huckster.

WordNet


Ped"dle intransitive verb
Etymology
From Peddler.
Definitions
  1. To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license.
  2. To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
Ped"dle transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Peddled ; present participle & verbal noun Peddling
Definitions
  1. To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.

Webster 1913