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A lever acted on by the foot in the playing of musical instruments. Also : A foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism (as a bicycle, loom, or sewing machine).

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A lever acted on by the foot in the playing of musical instruments. Also : A foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism (as a bicycle, loom, or sewing machine). Used as an adjective, listen here, it means: Of or pertaining to a foot or the feet;; Of or pertaining to a foot lever.

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Usage examples (41)
  • I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.
  • The word for a pedal extremity is `foot'
  • Adjective : a pedal mechanism
  • She often used the term pedal or pedalo-French slang for a homosexual-draping it with condescension, pity, and disapproval.
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  • ''pedal" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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