pedal
verb/ˈpedl/
/ˈpedl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pedal | /ˈpedl/ /ˈpedl/ |
| he / she / it pedals | /ˈpedlz/ /ˈpedlz/ |
| past simple pedalled | /ˈpedld/ /ˈpedld/ |
| past participle pedalled | /ˈpedld/ /ˈpedld/ |
| (US English) past simple pedaled | /ˈpedld/ /ˈpedld/ |
| (US English) past participle pedaled | /ˈpedld/ /ˈpedld/ |
| -ing form pedalling | /ˈpedlɪŋ/ /ˈpedlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form pedaling | /ˈpedlɪŋ/ /ˈpedlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to ride a bicycle somewhere
- + adv./prep. I saw her pedalling along the towpath.
- He jumped on his bike and pedalled off.
- She pedalled away down the hill.
- pedal something + adv./prep. She pedalled her bicycle up the track.
Extra Examples- He pedalled along the lane and up the hill.
- He pedalled furiously up the hill.
- He refused to pedal up the hill.
- She pedalled away as fast as she could.
- You have to pedal hard to get anywhere.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- frantically
- furiously
- …
- along
- down
- up
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] to turn or press the pedals on a bicycle or other machine
- (+ adv./prep.) You'll have to pedal hard up this hill.
- You can stop pedalling and freewheel for a while.
- pedal something She had been pedalling her exercise bike all morning.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- frantically
- furiously
- …
- along
- down
- up
- …
see also back-pedal, soft-pedal
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a foot-operated lever of an organ): from French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedalis ‘a foot in length’, from pes, ped- ‘foot’.
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