Pedipulate

Quick meaning: Pedipulate is a verb meaning (transitive, rare, archaic) To handle, operate, or control with the foot or feet, especially in a skillful manner.

Meaning

(transitive, rare, archaic) To handle, operate, or control with the foot or feet, especially in a skillful manner.

Example Sentences

Neither should there be handles or even push or pull gadgets on wash basins, flush toilets or drinking water fonts. These should be pedipulated — worked with the foot.

Aaron Smith, the armless editor of the Mount Pleasant (Tex.) Times-Review, who rapidly operates a typewriter with his toes (or pedipulates it), could hardly be said to handle the machine with dexterity, for he doesn't.

Mr Maughan Barnett, the city organist, sits on a stool when officiating athe organ, and unfortunately that stool has loopholes through which the vulgar can gaze and witness the necessary contortions of the organist's legs when pedipulating Henry's organ.

Word Forms

• pedipulates
• pedipulating
• pedipulated

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pedal, paddle, handle, tread, soft-pedal, play.

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