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  • noun Plural form of pedal.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pedal.

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Examples

  • One of my favorite Bud stories is about what an English roadie said after realizing fans had taken the keyboard pedals from the Buckinghams, of "Kind of a Drag" fame.

    Banding together in the spirit of musical battles John Kelly 2010

  • A new federal investigation into reports of unintended acceleration due to sticking gas pedals, this time on a Dodge Caliber, sent a shudder through other automakers using pedals from the same supplier, CTS Automotive.

    Dodge Caliber pedals scrutinized in acceleration probe 2010

  • One of my favorite Bud stories is about what an English roadie said after realizing fans had taken the keyboard pedals from the Buckinghams, of "Kind of a Drag" fame.

    Banding together in the spirit of musical battles John Kelly 2010

  • The "compassionate conservatism" shtick Cameron pedals is straight out of the Bush 2000 campaign playbook and just as sincere.

    Obama's Conservative British soulmate 2010

  • Cutting back speeds and avoiding heavy pressure on the accelerator and break pedals is a big thing.

    tingilinde: 2008

  • Cutting back speeds and avoiding heavy pressure on the accelerator and break pedals is a big thing.

    pandering politicians 2008

  • I listened to the voiceover, and tried to key short delays to add sound-effect-like enchancement to the examples of short vowels and extended the delay pitchshifting with the expression pedals up to shorten and down to lengthen the delay for examples on the films of long vowels.

    action triple feature today, Raleigh-Durham shuttle departing at noon badger 2005

  • So last night and today I realized I'd been ignoring all the other controls on the moogers for a while, and decided to experiment by using the expression pedals with some of the other CV-controllable inputs.

    voice of the fiery little eye of neverwhere badger 2004

  • As he rolled down the starter's ramp, Armstrong - wearing a skinsuit of yellow denoting the overall tour leader - signaled his determination, pounding his pedals from a standing position, a far more tiring method than the methodical seated method preferred by Ullrich.

    USA TODAY Latest news 2000

  • Might stop in at Music Explorium tomorrow as they're the only place closer than Asheville that's a bigbriar dealer and they'll have the expression pedals in stock for me to pick up.

    zesters, improg, charlotte shows, and Begging for Led Crimson badger 2001

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