Past tense of peddle
regular verb
The past tense of peddle is peddled. The past participle is also peddled.
Forms of peddle
| Base form (V1) | peddle /ˈpɛdəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | peddled |
| Past participle (V3) | peddled |
| Present participle | peddling |
| Third person singular | peddles |
Peddled in a sentence
- Yet the media has peddled alarming stories of a “beepocalypse” — a crash in honeybee populations.2015 May 25, Dany Kelley, “Ounce of prevention won't help honeybees”, in Farmweek, page 16. From the entry beepocalypse
- That this is an urban myth only peddled by the Church of Scientology is by-the-by.2008 December 19, Marina Hyde, “Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, by Tom Cruise”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry by the by
- Solow said, “he peddled neckties, shoelaces and collar-buttons from a tray.1930, Michael Gold, “Portrait of My Mother”, in The Menorah Journal, volume XVIII, page 63. From the entry collar-button
- But since he is also presenting a (somewhat) loving evocation of his own past, this measure gets soft peddled.1982 February 13, Michael Bronski, “Boys from Catholic School”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 12. From the entry evocation
- By the thirteenth century mustard was a staple of Paris saucemakers, who peddled the product on the street every evening around dinnertime.2004, Vince Staten, Why Is The Foul Pole Fair?, page 204. From the entry dinnertime
Meaning of peddle
- verb To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
- verb To sell illegal narcotics.
- verb To spread or cause to spread.
Questions about the past tense of peddle
- What is the past tense of peddle?
- The past tense of peddle is peddled.
- What is the past participle of peddle?
- The past participle of peddle is peddled.
- Is peddle a regular or irregular verb?
- Peddle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: peddle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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