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| Main Entry: |
peddle
 [ped-l] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sell door to door |
| Synonyms: | canvas*, hawk, huckster, market, monger, push, shove, solicit, trade, vend |
| Antonyms: | buy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | solicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead for; try to sell |
| Synonyms: | accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, come on to, crave, demand, desire, drum up, drum, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hit on, hit up, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, pass the hat, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, sue for, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | traffic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy and sell; do business |
| Synonyms: | bargain, barter, black-market, bootleg, connect with, contact, deal, deal in, dicker, exchange, fence, handle, have dealings, have transaction, horse trade, interact, interface, make a deal, market, moonshine, negotiate, network, peddle, push, reach out, relate, shove, swap, touch, touch base, trade, truck, work out |
Example Sentences
- There is no doubt that variable annuities are good for those who peddle them.
- Regulators also peered into managers' murky fee structures and their often cosy dealings with brokers who peddle their funds.
- Drug firms are starting to use more sophisticated techniques than a short skirt and a smile to peddle their pills.
| Main Entry: | truck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy and sell |
| Synonyms: | bargain, barter, deal, deal in, do business, exchange, handle, have dealings, negotiate, peddle, retail, swap, trade, traffic, transact, wholesale |
| Main Entry: | cadge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
| Synonyms: | bum, hawk, huckster, mooch, panhandle, peddle, scrounge, sponge |
| Main Entry: | retail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sell |
| Synonyms: | barter, dispense, distribute, hawk, market, peddle, trade |
| Main Entry: | vend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sell |
| Synonyms: | barter, hawk, huckster, market, peddle, trade |
| Antonyms: | buy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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