soft-pedal soft pedal • soft pretzel · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · soft-pedal · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 10 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound. Synonyms: soft pedal. · · Noun Definition 1 (verb) play down or obscure. Example: "His advisers soft-pedaled the president's blunder." · · Verb Definition 1 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074