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Synonyms for pedal

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ped-l or for 6–8, peed-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛd l or for 6–8, ˈpid l

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Définition of pedal

Origin :
  • 1610s, "lever (on an organ) worked by foot," from French pédale "feet, trick with the feet," from Italian pedale "treadle, pedal," from Late Latin pedale "(thing) of the foot," neuter of Latin pedalis "of the foot," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot" (see foot (n.)).
  • Extended to various mechanical contrivances by 1789. Pedal steel guitar is from 1969. Pedal-pushers "type of women's trousers suitable for bicycling" is from 1944.
  • When college girls took to riding bicycles in slacks, they first rolled up one trouser leg, then rolled up both. This whimsy has now produced a trim variety of long shorts, called "pedal pushers." ["Life," Aug. 28, 1944]
  • As in lever : noun machine
  • As in play : verb produce music
  • As in bike : verb to bicycle
Example sentences :
  • Pedal line: in caterpillars: extends along the base of the feet.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • All I had to do to work miracles was press ever so lightly a pedal.
  • Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • "There," he said at last, getting up and barking his shin against the pedal.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • This pedal sustains but does not increase the power of the sound that is produced.
  • Extract from : « The Pianolist » by Gustav Kobb
  • Elizabeth saw it at a point when she could not control the pedal with her foot.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
  • Mixtures were inserted in the pedal departments of all large organs.
  • Extract from : « The Recent Revolution in Organ Building » by George Laing Miller
  • We may add to these the pedal organ, which can be coupled to any but the echo manual.
  • Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams
  • Suddenly she released the pedal, and lifted her hands from the keys, as if they burned her.
  • Extract from : « Young Hilda at the Wars » by Arthur Gleason
  • Holding that clear of the ground Jerry spun it by placing his foot on the pedal.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys » by Clarence Young
  • The angle ψ for the pedal is the same as the angle ψ for the curve.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 » by Various

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