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Definitions
- v. 1
To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
Forms
- Past participle
- peddled
e.g. peddled → flogged, promoted, hawked, huckstered…
Example sentences
- sell They sell many types of food and grocery products.
- promote We must promote commerce with neighboring countries.
- flog He tried to flog his old bike, but no one would buy it.
- huckster Another huckster trying to sell snake oil again.
- proselytize Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| peddle | steady | |
| sell | steady | |
| promote | rising | |
| flog | rising | |
| huckster | steady | |
| proselytize | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sell1, hawk1, flog1, vend
- 5 letters
- pitch1
- 6 letters
- monger2
- 7 letters
- promote2
- 8 letters
- huckster2
- 11 letters
- proselytize4, proselytise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (monger2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- colporter
- Deutsch
- kolportieren