pedipulate
pedipulate verb: to handle, operate, or control with the foot or feet, especially in a skillful manner.
Verb
pedipulate (third-person singular simple present pedipulates, present participle pedipulating, simple past and past participle pedipulated)
- To handle, operate, or control with the foot or feet, especially in a skillful manner.
- A man lay down on his back on a mattress spread on the ground, put his legs up in the air, and on the soles of his feet was placed a massive empty bronze waterjar four feet deep, into the mouth of which climbed a small boy. The man spun it with his feet, tossed it up in the air, caught it on the...1886 October 13, “Japanese Juggling at Yokohama”, in Tuapeka Times, volume 19, number 1291, New Zealand, retrieved 26 Sep 2013, page 5
- Aaron Smith, the armless editor of the Mount Pleasant (Tex.) Times-Review, who rapidly operates a typewriter with his toes (or pedipulates it), could hardly be said to handle the machine with dexterity, for he doesn't.1900, The Inland Printer, vol. 24, p. 275 (Google snippet view) (retrieved 27 Sept 2013)
Examples of pedipulate in a sentence
- It took two men to lift the empty jar on to his feet to begin with, and the most extraordinary thing is the great weight he thus pedipulates.1886 October 13, “Japanese Juggling at Yokohama”, in Tuapeka Times, volume 19, number 1291, New Zealand, retrieved 26 Sep 2013, page 5:
- These should be pedipulated — worked with the foot.1947 December 15, William Brady MD, “Personal Health Service: Improving Sanitation”, in Toledo Blade, USA, retrieved 27 Sep 2013:
Forms of pedipulate
| third-person singular present | pedipulates |
|---|---|
| present participle | pedipulating |
| past participle | pedipulated |
| past | pedipulated |
Words formed from pedipulate
Questions about pedipulate
- What does pedipulate mean?
- Pedipulate means to handle, operate, or control with the foot or feet, especially in a skillful manner.
- How do you use pedipulate in a sentence?
- It took two men to lift the empty jar on to his feet to begin with, and the most extraordinary thing is the great weight he thus pedipulates.
- What part of speech is pedipulate?
- Pedipulate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of pedipulate?
- The past tense of pedipulate is pedipulated.
Words near pedipulate in the dictionary
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