[
US
/ˈpɛdəɫ/
]
VERB
- operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
- ride a bicycle
NOUN
- a sustained bass note
- a lever that is operated with the foot
ADJECTIVE
-
of or relating to the feet
the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'
How To Use pedal In A Sentence
- Yes, the gearbox was a bit saggy and I was alarmed at how much pressure the brake pedal needed to do an emergency stop, but other than this, all was well.
- Similarly, when the starter button is pressed, along with the clutch pedal, the system recognises the transponder signal, releases the engine immobiliser and the steering lock, and the engine starts.
- I suggest you check that your stop lights work when you press the brake pedal.
- Griffons were pony-sized, quadrupedal avians with such a reputation for savagery that they had been banned from all the Northern mountain provinces.
- He could sustain long, singing legato lines without becoming dependent on the pedal.
- Managers say that many employees have taken to pedalling home for lunch to increase their bonus payments. Times, Sunday Times
- He'd got up from the kitchen table and pedalled up the hill from the old tenement in Shuttle Place through the Darroch Council house scheme.
- The latter acts as a very slow brake, or a very unresponsive gas pedal on the economy.
- Kazzer was a big deal before anybody even knew who he was - in the months preceding the release of his first CD, Pedal to the Metal, he was already on a Canada-wide tour to promote his brand of good-time rock & hip-hop.
- The organist was a slightish man, white-haired, who seemed to hover in the alcove, his back to the audience, wizardly in his very smallness, and he hit the thunder pedal just as a figure on the screen drew back cowering from some danger above, and laughter swept the auditorium. Underworld