What does the following sentence mean:
“Mattan and the yellow jersey were right in the middle of the pack as it peddled hard in the blistering heat.”?
I don't understand what "peddle" means in this sentence, taken from Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English 5th edition.
This is a common mis-spelling, it should be pedaled ie pressing on the pedals of a cycle - cycling, in other words!
To peddle means to sell, especially travelling from door to door. A pedlar is one who peddles, but it's an old-fashioned term now.
I suggest you check your spelling.
The following are excepts from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online:
pedal 2
past tense and past participle pedalled, present participle pedalling British English,
past tense and past participle pedaled, present participle pedaling American English
(intransitive and transitive)
- [always + adverb/preposition] to ride a bicycle
pedal up/along/down etc
Andrew pedalled up the road towards the town centre.- to turn or push the pedals on a bicycle or other machine with your feet:
She was pedalling furiously (=very fast).peddle (transitive) 3
- to sell goods to people, especially goods that people disapprove of because they are illegal, harmful, or of not very high quality:
They were accused of peddling drugs.
people who peddle cigarettes to young children- to try to sell things to people, especially by going from place to place:
Farmers come to Seoul to peddle rice. a door-to-door salesman peddling his wares (=selling his goods)- to try to persuade people to accept an opinion or idea which is wrong or false: politicians peddling instant solutions to long-standing problems
