Search results for 'ped':

pedagogenic (adjective) : resulting inadvertently from teaching methods

I do not wish to see us go back to the pedagogenic basics, those counterproductive proscriptions, prescriptions, and pet peeves of pedants that bear little resemblance to students' observations of the real world of reading, writing, and listening. —Dale T. Adams, College Composition and Communication, Vol. 27, 1976

Submitted by: Dale Adams from Texas on Sep. 17, 2009 20:04

pedal bend

(adjective) : English term used to describe the type of hair do on a man that covers the baldness that flips over in the wind, like a small garbage can with a foot pedal.

He has a pedal bend. —Bill Anderson,

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jan. 21, 2006 13:15

pedalestrian (noun) : A person who rides, or is riding, a bicycle.

Submitted by: Jeff Martin from New York on Nov. 19, 2007 13:39

Pedestilian/pedestalian (verb) : To appear or to act as being above or superior to someone else or the act of being arrogantly superior in attitude. Pedestilian/pedestalian arrogance. The action or the position of arrogant esteem.

pedestilian/pedestalian (verb/interjection) : Pedestilian. To appear or to act as being above or superior to someone else or the act of being arrogantly superior in attitude.

Submitted by: WillPWilson from Washington on Nov. 09, 2005 11:27

pedestracebo (noun) : A button, placed at a crosswalk, that a pedestrian is instructed to push to make a traffic signal change so that they might cross the street, but that in fact, does nothing at all.

He repeatedly pressed the pedestracebo, to no avail.

Submitted by: Jim Davis from New Jersey on Apr. 30, 2007 16:36

pedestrianization

(noun) : the process of creating a pedestrian-friendly environment

While promoting mass rapid transport, modern cities tend to promote pedestrianization as well. —AS Permana and R. Perera,

Submitted by: Anonymous on Mar. 30, 2008 01:31

pedestrious (adjective) : Savvy about getting around by foot.

Submitted by: Chris Hawn from New Jersey on Mar. 09, 2007 14:43

Pedexterous (adjective) : Skillful in the use of the feet in a manner equal to the hands (e.g. dexterous)

Her hands full of laundry, mother employed pedexterous skill by clinching the fallen towel with her left foot and flinging it onto the dryer. —Clifford R. McNary, M.A.,

Submitted by: Clifford R. McNary, M.A. from New Mexico on Jul. 06, 2006 14:11

pedextrous (adjective) : able to use both feet with equal skill

Submitted by: Jeff and Natalie on Oct. 28, 2009 17:36

pedhead (noun) : an avid pedestrian who prefers walking over any other form of transportation

After I got into that bicycle accident, I have become a major pedhead.

Submitted by: Kimberly from Pennsylvania on May. 22, 2007 10:34

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