ped

pedestrian.

Nearby words

Origin of ped

by shortening

PED

performance-enhancing drug.

ped-

variant of pedo-¹ before a vowel: pedagogic.

Also paed-.

ped-

variant of pedi- before a vowel.

ped-

variant of pedo-² before a vowel: pedalfer.

ped.

pedal.

pedestal.

-ped

a combining form with the meaning “having a foot” of the kind specified by the initial element: pinnatiped.

Also -pede.

Compare -pod.

Origin of -ped

< Latin -ped-, stem of -pēs -footed, adj. derivative of pēs foot

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Examples from the Web for ped

Mayweather stands as the only person to ever accuse Manny Pacquiao of PED use.
If Manny Pacquiao Loses to Timothy Bradley, This May Be the End|Allen Barra|April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps my favorite writer, Will Leitch, seems merely bored by PED scandals.
Major League Baseball Is Right to Punish the Biogenesis Cheats|Michael Brendan Dougherty|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
HGH was the darling of the PED crowd for a long while because it could not be detected.
Where Were the Doctors to Testify at Roger Clemens’s Perjury Trial?|Kent Sepkowitz|June 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Anabolic steroids, hailing from the world of male sex hormones—androgens like testosterone—are the second PED.
Where Were the Doctors to Testify at Roger Clemens’s Perjury Trial?|Kent Sepkowitz|June 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Does Burns think that PED users will ever be forgiven by Hall of Fame voters?
Ken Burns Tackles Baseball Again|Allen Barra|September 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Oof you got somet'ing to eat at der ranch, und a ped to shleep on, ve vill ged along fine.
Motor Matt's Clue|Stanley R. Matthews
I've wanted to see Archie ever since he he'ped me git them cattle across the Ranty that time.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
I he'ped keep de yard pretty an' clean, de grass cut, an' de flowers' tended to an' cut.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves|Work Projects Administration
I palavered her at the rate of a hunt, an' she ped me back in my own coin, with dacent intherest—but no whiskey!
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee|William Carleton
Then ve hav' to go right py Mr. Marsden's ped, and run der risk uv wakin' him und his vife?
The Spruce Street Tragedy|Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for ped

ped-

combining form

a variant (esp US) of paedo-

-ped

-pede

n combining form

foot or feetquadruped; centipede

Word Origin for -ped

from Latin pēs, ped- foot

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Medicine definitions for ped

ped-

pref.

Variant ofpedo-