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pedalling

pedalling is the present participle and gerund of pedal.

pedalling is the alternative form of pedaling.

Meaning of pedal

Verb

pedal (third-person singular simple present pedals, present participle (US) pedaling or (UK) pedalling, simple past and past participle (US) pedaled or (UK) pedalled)

  1. To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
    • to pedal one's loom
  2. (intransitive) To operate a bicycle.
    • He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

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Meaning of pedaling

Noun

pedaling (plural pedalings)

  1. The set of pedal movements to be performed when playing a piano or organ.

Forms of pedalling

pluralpedallings

Questions about pedalling

What is pedalling the present participle and gerund of?
Pedalling is the present participle and gerund of pedal.

Words near pedalling in the dictionary

  1. pedalities
  2. pedality
  3. pedalled
  4. pedaller
  5. pedallers
  6. pedalling
  7. pedallings
  8. pedally
  9. pedalo
  10. pedaloes
  11. pedalos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pedalling (page history and authors); pedal (page history and authors); pedaling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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