Word Finder - pedal

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A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano

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A piano usually has two or three pedals.

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A foot or footlike part.

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An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.

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(equestrian) A stirrup.

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The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.

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A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal.

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To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.

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to pedal one's loom

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To operate a bicycle.

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He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

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Of or relating to the foot.

Mind keeping your foot on the brake pedal while I rummage?

If stiff muscles didn't let them down, the group would pedal into Durango, Colorado, with one leg of the tour behind them.

He was biking in the forest now, pine-scented and cool in the early morning air, watching more nimble cohorts pedal on by him as if he were stand­ing still.

Release the hand brake; gently depress the accelerator pedal and the vehicle will move off smoothly.

Simply pushing the accelerator pedal is no longer enough.

You can buy inexpensive add-ons like a foot switch to give your controller keyboard a sustain pedal action, just like a piano.

Our percussion, including pedal timpani, tam-tam, tubular bells, xylophone, glockenspiel and vibraphone, are available for use.

Can you hear the squeak when depressing the clutch pedal with the engine switched off?

The famous and very collectible sad face pedal cars of the late 1940s like the estate wagon and sedan inspired.. .

The old one is useful for dating, tho plural pedal couplers lingered longer.

Police are set to launch a major crackdown on speeding pedal cyclists.

The number of pedal cyclists killed rose by 10% to 148 in 2005, the highest level since 1999.

A while back, the rights of pedal cyclists were laughed at, but look at SUSTRANS now.

Includes a snare drum stand, 10 " cymbal and cymbal arm, drum sticks, junior bass drum pedal and hi hat stand.

The large open diapason is the old pedal ' cello, which was of diapason scale and tone.

Click on the CAT ride on pedal dumper to view the full range of these robust ride on childrens toys.

She teaches the clarsach and pedal harp in schools and privately and has recently formed a flute and harp duo with flutist Emma Wilkin.

Alternatively, you can fit a dynamo which runs on pedal power.

Other attractions include crazy golf, pedal go-karts and trailer rides.

This also facilitates mounting on the cast headstocks used on pedal steel guitars.

Features include an integral hooter, pedal crank with ec... .

For those too portly or lazy to turn to pedal power, taxis are the only way to avoid public transport.

The shoes look perfect under a pair of pedal pushers or a pretty, wide skirt.

His transport was a tandem and trailer that his wife helped him to pedal push from Harrogate and other railheads.

I remember that the 32ft pedal reed often resembled machine gun fire, which I think was due to the dryness of the accoustic.

However, I always add registration at bar 18, taking things back to the pleno with pedal reed heard at the start.

You must have front and rear lamps, pedal reflectors and a red rear reflector.

At this stage the pedals may be freely rotated; the right pedal should be rotated to around the seven o'clock position.

Pump the pedal a few times to force the brake pads to squeeze the brake rotors.

The only damage being bent rear brake pedal and slight scuff on front mudguard.

Parsons recorded five albums with the Byrds on which he played drums, banjo, guitar, pedal steel, harmonica, and sang.

When Beethoven was writing his 9th symphony he requested a piano that had a percussion pedal on it.

Output from an analog synth was connected to the pedal, as was the guitar, and both were combined out to an amp.

I put my foot down firmly on the pedal and pushed the throttles forward.

Plus, a Tone knob adjusts the overall tonality of the pedal.

These ride on pedal tractors make great fun for racing around the garden making them great summer toys.

The original 60's design wah-wah pedal, with modified circuitry to deliver fatter, more open sound by lowering the effect's frequency range.

Otocysts situated close to the pedal nerve-centres.

Moreover, in many forms, in which in the adult condition there is only a single pair of anterior ganglia and a single pedal connective, a pleural ganglion distinct from the cerebral has been recognized in the course of development.

Hardware also includes hi hat and snare stands, and a foot pedal.

Are we tempted to soft pedal the uniqueness of Christ in our politically correct and supposedly pluralistic society?

Drive to the four speed synchromesh gearbox was through a single dry plate Borg & Beck clutch chain linked to the pedal.

The original 60's design wah-wah pedal, with modified circuitry to deliver fatter, more open sound by lowering the effect 's frequency range.

You see this car has got a whining sound whenever my foot is on the gas pedal.

As your toddler grows and becomes more coordinated, consider investing in a tricycle for him to pedal.

When you release the pedal, note any keys that stick.

If you decide to take either bike out on a track, you will feel the difference of how the bike handles bumps, as well as how easy it is to pedal.

There's also no clutch pedal, so that all you have to do is move the lever to adjust from a standstill to full speed.

Pedal pushers - Pedal pushers are a more fitted version of the classic pants favorite -- the capri.

In the early twenty-first century, many tattoos are applied in tattoo parlors using hand-held electric tattooing machines controlled by a foot pedal.