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pepper [ pep·per ]
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1. A pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food.
season to taste with salt and pepper
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2. A reddish hot-tasting spice prepared from various forms of capsicum.
Basically, Mexican rice is flavoured by three things: turmeric, peppers (especially chili peppers) and ground cayenne peppers.
3. A capsicum, especially a sweet pepper.
Add the onions and peppers and sauté until translucent.
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4. A climbing vine with berries that are dried as black or white peppercorns.
5. Used in names of other plants which are related or similar to the pepper, e.g. Jamaica pepper, water pepper.
April is a great time to plant peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, squash and heat-loving okra.
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6. A practice game in which a fielder throws at close range to a batter who hits back to the fielder.
he liked to play pepper
Verb
1. Sprinkle or season (food) with pepper.
I salted and peppered the beef before I browned it
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2. (usually be peppered with) Cover or fill with a liberal amount of scattered items.
the script is peppered with four-letter words
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3. Hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot.
Her face and body were peppered with shrapnel.
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4. Inflict severe punishment or suffering upon.
if he finds out my haunts he swears he'll pepper me
Origin
1. Old English piper, pipor, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peper and German Pfeffer; via Latin from Greek peperi, from Sanskrit pippalī ‘berry, peppercorn’.
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