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pedal

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1. pedal - Noun

2. pedal - Adjective

3. pedal - Verb

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.

Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.

A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle.

A pedal curve or surface.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people. Dan Buettner

Poverty is a soft pedal upon the branches of human activity, not excepting the spiritual. H. L. Mencken

I've always dreamed that love would be effortless Like a pedal falling to the ground; a dreamer following his dream. Kelly Clarkson

I was born a rebel Down in Dixie on a Sunday morning. Yeah, with one foot in the grave, And one foot on the pedal. I was born a rebel. Tom Petty

Pedal faster! Come on, there are crocodiles in this water and I hear they'll eat anything - even plastic! Chris Pontius

Therein lay the secret to all fads: the herd instinct. People wanted to look like everybody else. That was why they bought white bucks and pedal pushers and bikinis. But someone had to be the first one to wear platform shoes, to bob their hair, and that took the opposite of herd instinct. Connie Willis

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