pedal

[US]/ˈpedl/
[UK]/ˈpedl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to operate a device by pressing a pedal; to ride a bicycle
n. a lever operated by foot; a foot-operated lever
vt. to use one's foot to operate a device; to ride a bicycle
adj. relating to or operated by foot

Phrases & Collocations

bicycle pedal

accelerator pedal

brake pedal

foot pedal

gas pedal

clutch pedal

Example Sentences

the administration's decision to soft-pedal the missile program.

soft-pedal a potentially explosive issue.

wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists.

One of the pedals has come off my bicycle.

Its pilot has to pedal hard to get it into the air.

Some guitar players tend to overuse the wah-wah pedal.

She pedaled her bicycle slowly up the hill.

He pressed down the accelerator pedal of his car.

Cook forced the goalkeeper to back-pedal and push a shot over the bar.

"Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them."

She improved on the cotton fluffer and successively made the most advanced textile tool of the time, a pedal spinning wheel with three spindles.

<br/> The central nervous ganglia of the Cellana toreuma including a pair of cerebral ganglia,pedal ganglia,pleural ganglia and a visceral ganglion.

Characteristics of flat-pedaled shower valves: they are generous, slinky sculpt, serviceable, ,easy to fix, easy to use. They are used hygienically.

Real-world Examples

Please, stop pushing the gas pedal!

Source: VOA Let's Learn English (Level 1)

I suddenly pressed the brake pedal hard and we were both thrown forward.

Source: New Concept English, British English Version, Book Two (Translation)

Meantime, Toyota, expanding its recall of vehicles whose gas pedals may be malfunctioning.

Source: CNN Listening Collection November 2012

Pedal it out, pedal it out.

Source: Andrian's yoga class

I'm gonna move myself closer to the brake pedal for added force.

Source: Technology Trends

That's before postage stamps were invented, before light bulbs, even pedal bicycles.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

Even if we tried getting everyone to press the pedal on 3-2-1-now would be challenging.

Source: Popular Science Essays

19. Don't put your hands in your mouth after turning the pedals with your hands.

Source: 2. Childhood Games

(4) Then put your feet on the pedals and start to pedal.

Source: 2. Childhood Games

Then he pedalled all the way to Australia!

Source: Global Slow English

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