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ALL meanings of pepper

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  • noun pepper a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum. 1
  • noun pepper any plant of the genus Piper. Compare pepper family. 1
  • noun pepper any of several plants of the genus Capsicum, especially C. annuum, cultivated in many varieties, or C. frutescens. 1
  • noun pepper the usually green or red fruit of any of these plants, ranging from mild to very pungent in flavor. 1
  • noun pepper the pungent seeds of several varieties of C. annuum or C. frutescens, used ground or whole as a condiment. 1
  • noun pepper Baseball. pepper game. 1
  • verb with object pepper to season with or as if with pepper. 1
  • verb with object pepper to sprinkle or cover, as if with pepper; dot. 1
  • verb with object pepper to sprinkle like pepper. 1
  • verb with object pepper to hit with rapidly repeated short jabs. 1
  • verb with object pepper to pelt with or as if with shot or missiles: They peppered the speaker with hard questions. 1
  • verb with object pepper to discharge (shot or missiles) at something. 1
  • noun pepper spice 1
  • noun pepper fruit 1
  • noun pepper black, white: seasoning 1
  • abbreviation PEPPER plant 1
  • noun pepper make lively 1
  • abbreviation PEPPER pellets 1
  • transitive verb pepper shoot 1
  • noun Definition of pepper in Technology (language)   A variant of POP-11 by Chris Dollin <[email protected]>. 1
  • uncountable noun pepper Pepper is a hot-tasting spice which is used to flavour food. 0
  • countable noun pepper A pepper, or in American English a bell pepper, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it. 0
  • verb pepper If something is peppered with small objects, a lot of those objects hit it. 0
  • verb pepper If something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it. 0
  • noun pepper a woody climbing plant, Piper nigrum, of the East Indies, having small black berry-like fruits: family Piperaceae 0
  • noun pepper the dried fruit of this plant, which is ground to produce a sharp hot condiment 0
  • noun pepper any of various other plants of the genus Piper 0
  • noun pepper any of various tropical plants of the solanaceous genus Capsicum, esp C. frutescens, the fruits of which are used as a vegetable and a condiment 0
  • noun pepper the fruit of any of these capsicums, which has a mild or pungent taste 0
  • noun pepper the condiment made from the fruits of any of these plants 0
  • noun pepper any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as water pepper 0
  • verb pepper to season with pepper 0
  • verb pepper to sprinkle liberally; dot 0
  • verb pepper to pelt with small missiles 0
  • noun pepper a pungent condiment obtained from the small, dried fruits of an East Indian vine (Piper nigrum) of the pepper family 0
  • noun pepper this smooth, soft-stemmed vine 0
  • noun pepper any of various aromatic or pungent plants of several families, as the myrtle or ginger family, used in flavoring foods 0
  • noun pepper capsicum 0
  • noun pepper a warm-up or practice session in which the ball is repeatedly thrown to a batter close by, who bunts it back to be fielded 0
  • adjective pepper designating a family (Piperaceae, order Piperales) of dicotyledonous plants, including cubeb 0
  • verb transitive pepper to sprinkle or flavor with ground pepper 0
  • verb transitive pepper to sprinkle freely or thickly 0
  • verb transitive pepper to shower or pelt with many small objects 0
  • verb transitive pepper to beat or hit with short, quick jabs 0
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