PEDAL
What does "PEDAL" mean?
A foot-operated lever used to control a machine or instrument.
Meanings
- A lever pressed by the foot to power or control a bicycle, vehicle, or machine. He pushed harder on the pedal to climb the hill.
- A foot-operated lever on a piano, organ, or other instrument that alters the sound. She held the sustain pedal to let the chord ring.
- To work the pedals of a bicycle or other vehicle to make it move. They pedaled along the river path all afternoon.
Did you know?
- 'Pedal' and 'peddle' sound the same but come from different worlds: one from Latin 'pes', meaning foot, the other from the basket a wandering merchant once carried.
Word origin
From Latin 'pedalis' (of the foot), from 'pes, pedis' (foot), via French 'pédale'; the same 'ped-' root underlies 'pedestrian' and 'pedicure'.
Remember it
PEDAL has 'PED' (foot, as in pedestrian) - the thing your foot drives.
A little poem
One foot, then the other,
the small wheel answers the leg-
the road unspools back.
haiku
Wordplay
- The cyclist and the door-to-door salesman argued all day. One kept saying pedal, the other peddle, and neither could hear the difference.
What it teaches
Motion is just the same small push repeated; you do not need a leap, only the next stroke.
Quick facts
What does PEDAL mean?
A foot-operated lever used to control a machine or instrument.
Is PEDAL a valid word?
Yes — PEDAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PEDAL?
PEDAL has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PEDAL come from?
From Latin 'pedalis' (of the foot), from 'pes, pedis' (foot), via French 'pédale'; the same 'ped-' root underlies 'pedestrian' and 'pedicure'.
What can PEDAL teach us?
Motion is just the same small push repeated; you do not need a leap, only the next stroke.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.