pedal

1. 1.

   ride a bicycle

   Synonymsbicyclecyclebikewheel

   Broaderride

   Narrowerunicyclebackpedal
2. 2.

   operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

   Broaderoperate

   music

1. 1.

   of or relating to the feet

   “the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'”

Other forms of pedal

plural

pedals·

past tense or participle

pedalled

present participle

pedalling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pedal

What does pedal mean?

pedal means "a sustained bass note". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pedal?

pedal has 2 syllables: ped-al. The stress falls on "ped". In IPA it is /ˈpɛdəl/.

What is another word for pedal?

Close synonyms include pedal point, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever, bicycle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pedal a common word?

pedal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pedal?

2 words rhyme with pedal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.