pepper
A plant of the family Piperaceae.
Noun 4 meanings
A plant of the family Piperaceae.
A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.
A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again
“Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".”
Verb 4 meanings
To add pepper to.
To strike with something made up of small particles.
To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
“After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.”
To add (something) at frequent intervals.
“He liked to pepper long words throughout his conversation.”
Etymology
From Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”), ultimately from Dravidian; compare Tamil திப்பலி (tippali).
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PEPPER at a glance
PEPPER has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + E 1 + P 3 + P 3 + E 1 + R 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,626 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pepper
All rhymesOne letter away
- POPPER12
- PEEPER10
- PEPPED13
- HEPPER13
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