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Is there a more common and not humorous word for pedipulate?
Word request: Well-known and generally acceptedWord for something so obvious there is no need to state itWhat is an appropriate one word replacement for the word “spam”?Other word for practitioners of parkour or other free/obstacle run stylesWhat is the word for a benefit of a condition?What is the word for what someone is doing when they say, “Don't worry”, or “Cheer up”?What is it when… it is not hubris or self mocking or self disgust, but funnier?Specific Word Request For a Word Similar To NarcissistWord for the view of sun hitting a surface on a neighboring building or natural featureWhat is the word for music that is both a capella and instrumental?
I just asked a question on The Great Outdoors SE about snowshoes, and said that I found large snowshoes hard to manipulate, and then changed manipulate to pedipulate, not even knowing if that was a word. But it is! Oxford Living Dictionaries says of pedipulate:
rare
[with object] To work with the feet. Chiefly humorous
And then says of its origin:
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Family Herald. Humorously
from pedi- + -pulate, after manipulate.
I looked up pedipulate, synonyms and, on the first two pages of the Google response, found no synonyms. The closest I got was on Foboko, which said:
Synonyms for pedipulate
No synonyms were found for this word
But this source did not have a definition or a sample sentence either, so they know less than I do. And on page two, the search degenerated into "how to use uttermost in a sentence", which is unhelpful to the uttermost.
One could, of course, use phrases like "less clumsy", but is there an unhumorous synonym for pedipulate? I could even use manipulate and people would know what I meant, but is manipulate the only non-humorous answer to my Q?
Sample sentence: I find it difficult to ____________ large snowshoes.
Response to Comment of @1006a: A generic term is too easy. I'd like something that references feet or brings feet immediately to mind.
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I just asked a question on The Great Outdoors SE about snowshoes, and said that I found large snowshoes hard to manipulate, and then changed manipulate to pedipulate, not even knowing if that was a word. But it is! Oxford Living Dictionaries says of pedipulate:
rare
[with object] To work with the feet. Chiefly humorous
And then says of its origin:
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Family Herald. Humorously
from pedi- + -pulate, after manipulate.
I looked up pedipulate, synonyms and, on the first two pages of the Google response, found no synonyms. The closest I got was on Foboko, which said:
Synonyms for pedipulate
No synonyms were found for this word
But this source did not have a definition or a sample sentence either, so they know less than I do. And on page two, the search degenerated into "how to use uttermost in a sentence", which is unhelpful to the uttermost.
One could, of course, use phrases like "less clumsy", but is there an unhumorous synonym for pedipulate? I could even use manipulate and people would know what I meant, but is manipulate the only non-humorous answer to my Q?
Sample sentence: I find it difficult to ____________ large snowshoes.
Response to Comment of @1006a: A generic term is too easy. I'd like something that references feet or brings feet immediately to mind.
single-word-requests
asked Dec 2 '18 at 18:22
ab2ab2
24.1k105995
You need to add a sample sentence where you would use pedipulate,
– user240918
Dec 2 '18 at 19:34
1
I was thinking of suggesting manoeuver, but that has the same problem. How about pedoeuver? :-)
– Peter Shor
Dec 2 '18 at 20:26
@user240918 The sample use is embedded in the first sentence of the Q, but I will make it explicit since that seems to be necessary.
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:03
@Peter Schor -- pedoeuver, as used by the Rev. Asa Mahan (1799 to 1889) in A System of Intellectual Philosophy, and referring to bees. "the bees had recourse again to the same manoeuver (or rather pedoeuver),....". 1854
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:17
Do you want a word that specifically references the feet, or just something that doesn't reference the hands? If a generic term would work, I think you could use operate or steer or similar. FWIW, one of the OED's attestations for pedipulate is actually in reference to show shoes, so you have precedent ;-).
– 1006a
Dec 2 '18 at 22:45
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I just asked a question on The Great Outdoors SE about snowshoes, and said that I found large snowshoes hard to manipulate, and then changed manipulate to pedipulate, not even knowing if that was a word. But it is! Oxford Living Dictionaries says of pedipulate:
rare
[with object] To work with the feet. Chiefly humorous
And then says of its origin:
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Family Herald. Humorously
from pedi- + -pulate, after manipulate.
I looked up pedipulate, synonyms and, on the first two pages of the Google response, found no synonyms. The closest I got was on Foboko, which said:
Synonyms for pedipulate
No synonyms were found for this word
But this source did not have a definition or a sample sentence either, so they know less than I do. And on page two, the search degenerated into "how to use uttermost in a sentence", which is unhelpful to the uttermost.
One could, of course, use phrases like "less clumsy", but is there an unhumorous synonym for pedipulate? I could even use manipulate and people would know what I meant, but is manipulate the only non-humorous answer to my Q?
Sample sentence: I find it difficult to ____________ large snowshoes.
Response to Comment of @1006a: A generic term is too easy. I'd like something that references feet or brings feet immediately to mind.
single-word-requests
asked Dec 2 '18 at 18:22
ab2ab2
24.1k105995
I just asked a question on The Great Outdoors SE about snowshoes, and said that I found large snowshoes hard to manipulate, and then changed manipulate to pedipulate, not even knowing if that was a word. But it is! Oxford Living Dictionaries says of pedipulate:
rare
[with object] To work with the feet. Chiefly humorous
And then says of its origin:
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Family Herald. Humorously
from pedi- + -pulate, after manipulate.
I looked up pedipulate, synonyms and, on the first two pages of the Google response, found no synonyms. The closest I got was on Foboko, which said:
Synonyms for pedipulate
No synonyms were found for this word
But this source did not have a definition or a sample sentence either, so they know less than I do. And on page two, the search degenerated into "how to use uttermost in a sentence", which is unhelpful to the uttermost.
One could, of course, use phrases like "less clumsy", but is there an unhumorous synonym for pedipulate? I could even use manipulate and people would know what I meant, but is manipulate the only non-humorous answer to my Q?
Sample sentence: I find it difficult to ____________ large snowshoes.
Response to Comment of @1006a: A generic term is too easy. I'd like something that references feet or brings feet immediately to mind.
single-word-requests
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You need to add a sample sentence where you would use pedipulate,
– user240918
Dec 2 '18 at 19:34
1
I was thinking of suggesting manoeuver, but that has the same problem. How about pedoeuver? :-)
– Peter Shor
Dec 2 '18 at 20:26
@user240918 The sample use is embedded in the first sentence of the Q, but I will make it explicit since that seems to be necessary.
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:03
@Peter Schor -- pedoeuver, as used by the Rev. Asa Mahan (1799 to 1889) in A System of Intellectual Philosophy, and referring to bees. "the bees had recourse again to the same manoeuver (or rather pedoeuver),....". 1854
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:17
Do you want a word that specifically references the feet, or just something that doesn't reference the hands? If a generic term would work, I think you could use operate or steer or similar. FWIW, one of the OED's attestations for pedipulate is actually in reference to show shoes, so you have precedent ;-).
– 1006a
Dec 2 '18 at 22:45
|
show 2 more comments
You need to add a sample sentence where you would use pedipulate,
– user240918
Dec 2 '18 at 19:34
1
I was thinking of suggesting manoeuver, but that has the same problem. How about pedoeuver? :-)
– Peter Shor
Dec 2 '18 at 20:26
@user240918 The sample use is embedded in the first sentence of the Q, but I will make it explicit since that seems to be necessary.
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:03
@Peter Schor -- pedoeuver, as used by the Rev. Asa Mahan (1799 to 1889) in A System of Intellectual Philosophy, and referring to bees. "the bees had recourse again to the same manoeuver (or rather pedoeuver),....". 1854
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:17
Do you want a word that specifically references the feet, or just something that doesn't reference the hands? If a generic term would work, I think you could use operate or steer or similar. FWIW, one of the OED's attestations for pedipulate is actually in reference to show shoes, so you have precedent ;-).
– 1006a
Dec 2 '18 at 22:45
You need to add a sample sentence where you would use pedipulate,
– user240918
Dec 2 '18 at 19:34
You need to add a sample sentence where you would use pedipulate,
– user240918
Dec 2 '18 at 19:34
1
1
I was thinking of suggesting manoeuver, but that has the same problem. How about pedoeuver? :-)
– Peter Shor
Dec 2 '18 at 20:26
I was thinking of suggesting manoeuver, but that has the same problem. How about pedoeuver? :-)
– Peter Shor
Dec 2 '18 at 20:26
@user240918 The sample use is embedded in the first sentence of the Q, but I will make it explicit since that seems to be necessary.
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:03
@user240918 The sample use is embedded in the first sentence of the Q, but I will make it explicit since that seems to be necessary.
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:03
@Peter Schor -- pedoeuver, as used by the Rev. Asa Mahan (1799 to 1889) in A System of Intellectual Philosophy, and referring to bees. "the bees had recourse again to the same manoeuver (or rather pedoeuver),....". 1854
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:17
@Peter Schor -- pedoeuver, as used by the Rev. Asa Mahan (1799 to 1889) in A System of Intellectual Philosophy, and referring to bees. "the bees had recourse again to the same manoeuver (or rather pedoeuver),....". 1854
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:17
Do you want a word that specifically references the feet, or just something that doesn't reference the hands? If a generic term would work, I think you could use operate or steer or similar. FWIW, one of the OED's attestations for pedipulate is actually in reference to show shoes, so you have precedent ;-).
– 1006a
Dec 2 '18 at 22:45
Do you want a word that specifically references the feet, or just something that doesn't reference the hands? If a generic term would work, I think you could use operate or steer or similar. FWIW, one of the OED's attestations for pedipulate is actually in reference to show shoes, so you have precedent ;-).
– 1006a
Dec 2 '18 at 22:45
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The esteemed Oxford English Dictionary can only supply definition No. 7 of tread
7. transitive. To press (something) downwards with the foot or feet treadling or pedalling.
The nearer the fore-end of the Treddle you tread, the easier you bring down the Pole.
I don't know how much help this is, but I think it's your best bet.
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The esteemed Oxford English Dictionary can only supply definition No. 7 of tread
7. transitive. To press (something) downwards with the foot or feet treadling or pedalling.
The nearer the fore-end of the Treddle you tread, the easier you bring down the Pole.
I don't know how much help this is, but I think it's your best bet.
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The esteemed Oxford English Dictionary can only supply definition No. 7 of tread
7. transitive. To press (something) downwards with the foot or feet treadling or pedalling.
The nearer the fore-end of the Treddle you tread, the easier you bring down the Pole.
I don't know how much help this is, but I think it's your best bet.
answered 8 hours ago
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The esteemed Oxford English Dictionary can only supply definition No. 7 of tread
7. transitive. To press (something) downwards with the foot or feet treadling or pedalling.
The nearer the fore-end of the Treddle you tread, the easier you bring down the Pole.
I don't know how much help this is, but I think it's your best bet.
answered 8 hours ago
LordologyLordology
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The esteemed Oxford English Dictionary can only supply definition No. 7 of tread
7. transitive. To press (something) downwards with the foot or feet treadling or pedalling.
The nearer the fore-end of the Treddle you tread, the easier you bring down the Pole.
I don't know how much help this is, but I think it's your best bet.
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You need to add a sample sentence where you would use pedipulate,
– user240918
Dec 2 '18 at 19:34
1
I was thinking of suggesting manoeuver, but that has the same problem. How about pedoeuver? :-)
– Peter Shor
Dec 2 '18 at 20:26
@user240918 The sample use is embedded in the first sentence of the Q, but I will make it explicit since that seems to be necessary.
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:03
@Peter Schor -- pedoeuver, as used by the Rev. Asa Mahan (1799 to 1889) in A System of Intellectual Philosophy, and referring to bees. "the bees had recourse again to the same manoeuver (or rather pedoeuver),....". 1854
– ab2
Dec 2 '18 at 22:17
Do you want a word that specifically references the feet, or just something that doesn't reference the hands? If a generic term would work, I think you could use operate or steer or similar. FWIW, one of the OED's attestations for pedipulate is actually in reference to show shoes, so you have precedent ;-).
– 1006a
Dec 2 '18 at 22:45