OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 22360

peddle

/ˈpɛdəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
intentar vender • querer vender • vender de puerta en puerta
To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee…
traficar
To sell illegal narcotics.
- How much you think this stuff is worth? - Yeah, there must be a million bucks' worth. - Think we could peddle it? - Oh, you can always get rid of it.
difundir • pregonar
To spread or cause to spread.
Christine walked a dangerous line, peddling gossip about her detested son-in-law.
Roberts was a drug dealer, nicknamed 'King Krud', who peddled death and misery.