I. ped‧al¹ /ˈpedl/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis 'of the foot']

1. (also bicycle pedal) one of the two parts of a bicycle that you push round with your feet to make the bicycle go forward

2. a part in a car or on a machine that you press with your foot to control it:
She put her foot down on the accelerator pedal.

3. a part on a piano or organ that you press with your foot to change the quality of the sound

4. put/press/push the pedal to the metal American English
a) to drive a car, truck etc very fast
b) to work harder or faster, especially so that you can win a game

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II. pedal² verb (past tense and past participle pedalled, present participle pedalling British English, pedaled, pedaling American English) [intransitive and transitive]

1. [always + adverb/preposition] to ride a bicycle ⇒ cycle, ride
pedal up/along/down etc
Andrew pedalled up the road towards the town centre.

2. to turn or push the pedals on a bicycle or other machine with your feet:
She was pedalling furiously (=very fast).

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pedal
noun
ADJ. accelerator, brake, clutch | foot To stop the machine push the foot pedal.
bicycle | organ, piano | wah/wah-wah Some guitar players tend to overuse the wah-wah pedal.
VERB + PEDAL press, push, put your foot on, step on, use, work Her foot was working the pedal of the sewing machine.
release, take your foot off
PEDAL + VERB control sth, operate sth
PEDAL + NOUN boat, car, cycle | bin
PREP. on a/the ~ with one foot on the pedal

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pedal
verb
ADV. fast, furiously, hard, like mad, madly He pedalled furiously up the hill.
slowly | away She pedalled away as fast as she could.
PREP. along, down, up He pedalled along the lane and up the hill.

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