intransitive verb peddled -·dled, peddling -·dling

1. to go from place to place selling small articles

2. Etymology: infl. by piddle

   to spend time on trifles; piddle

Etymology: back-form. < peddler

transitive verb

1. to carry from place to place and offer for sale
2. to deal out or circulate (gossip, ideas, etc.): often used with mild contempt