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pédale — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bender noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
  • fruitcake noun A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.
  • pedal noun A foot-operated lever used to control or power a machine, such as on a bicycle, car, or piano.
  • poof intj Used to represent a sudden small explosion or a magical vanishing.

Senses

pédale is used for these senses in English:

  • bender (chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.
  • fruitcake (US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male.
  • pedal A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
  • pedate (botany, of a leaf) Having deeply divided lobes.
  • poof (UK, Irish, Commonwealth, derogatory, colloquial) A gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
  • stompbox (music) A guitar effect unit which can be controlled with the foot

bender — full definition

  1. noun A prolonged period of heavy drinking.
  2. noun A tool or machine used to bend material such as pipe or metal.

fruitcake — full definition

  1. noun A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.
  2. noun An eccentric or crazy person (informal).

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