PEPPER

Definition: PEPPER

PEPPER

Intransitive verb

1. To fire numerous shots (at).

Noun

1. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper.

2. The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.

3. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

Transitive verb

1. Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds.

2. To sprinkle or season with pepper.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PEPPER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Pepper \Pep"per\, noun. [Old English peper, Anglo-Saxon pipor, Latin piper, from Greek, akin to Sanskrit pippala, pippali.]. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

PEPPER

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Attack

Fire upon, fire at, fire a shot at; shoot at, pop at, level at, let off a gun at; open fire, pepper, bombard, shell, pour a broadside into; fire a volley, fire red-hot shot; spring a mine.

Condiment

Salt; mustard, grey poupon mustard; pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante; caviare, onion, garlic, pickle; achar, allspice; bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper; chutney; cubeb, pimento.

Capsicum, red pepper, chili peppers, cayenne.

Heat

Red hot, white hot, smoking hot, burning. Verb: hot, piping hot; like a furnace, like an oven; burning, hot as fire, hot as pepper; hot enough to roast an ox, hot enough to boil an egg.

Pungency

Render -pungent. Adjective: season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil. smoke, chew, take snuff.

Adjective: pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned. Verb: hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough. (sour); unsavory .

Crosswords: PEPPER

Norwegian (pepper).

There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

The pepper too (Trouble in Paradise; writing credit: Aladar Laszlo; Grover Jones)

Hey, pal, that's my face up there next to the pepper steak, and don't you forget it. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I don't remember any Ned Pepper! (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts)

Give me a diablo sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and make it quick, I'm in a god-damn hurry (Smokey and the Bandit; writing credit: Hal Needham; Robert L. Levy)

Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play, ("Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"; performing artist: The Beatles)

Peter poked a poker at the piper, so the piper poked pepper at Peter. (references; author: unknown)

Hot Pepper (1973)

Salt and Pepper (1968)

Pepper (1936)

Sultan Pepper (1934)

Hot Pepper (1933)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Spices Excluding Pepper and Pimento: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Edible Pepper Garden, The (The Edible Garden Series) (reference)

• Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper (reference)

• The Healing Powers of Peppers: With Chile Pepper Recipes and Folk Remedies for Better Health and Living (reference)

• The Pepper Garden (reference)

• The Tabasco Cookbook: 125 Years of America's Favorite Pepper Sauce (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• News Pepper - Hospital Ed (reference)

• Pepper News (reference)

• Red Pepper (reference)

• Warta Pasaran Lada = Pepper Market Bulletin (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Two-Bits & Pepper (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Chilli Pepper Sunset (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cobra MicroTalk Snap Interchangeable Front - Hot Pepper Green (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• OXO Good Grips Salt and Pepper Set (reference)

• Peugeot Reims Stainless Steel Pepper Mill (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

(1) color slide shows a whole red, raw, pepper. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

There is a butcher block cutting board on a white tablecloth. On the table are peapods, purple cabbage, cherry tomatoes, watercress, carrots, cauliflower and radishes. On the cutting board is a red pepper and an orange paring knife. In front of the board is a grey and white plaid napkin. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A local school group poses after the removal effort. Volunteers cut Brazilian Pepper bushes from native mangrove habitat and then the County Roadworks uses a chipper to chip the bushes and dispose of the brush. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Volunteers at Indian River Lagoon. The lagoon is in the background and the image shows how the mangrove canopy is being choked out by Brazilian Pepper. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Cutting Brazilian Pepper from mangrove habitat. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Berm Removal/ Before -- The Northwest Berm was densely overgrown with Brazilian pepper trees and other invasive exotic plants prior to restoration. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Compact orange pepper plants bear upright, pungent fruit. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by John Stommel..

Dazzling dwarf ornamental pepper plant. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by John Stommel..

Rich sources of copper: oysters, beef or lamb liver, Brazil nuts, blackstrap molasses, cocoa, and black pepper. Good sources: lobster, nuts and sunflower seeds, green olives, and wheat bran. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..

Rocks, Cacti, and desert plants pepper the side of this mountian in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Credit: Lynn Chamberlain.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

PIG AND PEPPER.

Then she fumbled in a drawer where there were some pennies, pepper, and garlic

Pepper and salt suit

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The hot feeling, red face, and watery eyes you experience when you bite into a red chili pepper may make you reach for a cold drink, but that reaction has also given scientists important information about pain. The chemical found in chili peppers that causes those feelings is capsaicin (pronounced cap-SAY-sin), and it works its unique magic by grabbing onto receptors scattered along the surface of sensitive nerve cells in the mouth. (references)

Business

Other than import duties (ranging between 4-14 percent of CIF value) and a 20 percent value-added tax (IVA), no trade restrictions or other non-tariff barriers exist on the import of U.S. safety and security equipment, except in certain cases for devices (for example, pepper sprays, stun guns, etc.). (references)

Civil Liberties

Uganda

On October 19, Arinaitwe Rugyendo, the Deputy Editor of the Red Pepper, and his photographer Amon Turyamubona were arrested and charged with four counts of trafficking in obscene publications with intent to corrupt public morals. (references)

Uganda

Government ministers increasingly have spoken publicly against obscenity and for "press responsibility." On October 2, the editor and four staff members of the Red Pepper, a weekly newspaper that began publication during the year, were arrested, and on October 3, three persons, including the editor, were charged with trafficking in obscenity. (references)

Economic History

Cambodia

Trade: Exports ($358 million, 1995 est.)--natural rubber, rice, pepper, wood. (references)

Human Rights

Hong Kong

Two police officers earlier had received verbal warnings for excessive use of pepper spray. (references)

Hong Kong

The police had been accused of using excessive force when they used pepper spray and hit demonstrators when removing them from the entrance to the main government office building. (references)

Bangladesh

Akbar stated that the detective branch repeatedly subjected him to electric shock, poured hot water mixed with powdered chilies (cayenne pepper) into his nose, and threatened to kill him if he did not confess. (references)

Political Economy

Madagascar

Agricultural exports grew 5.2 percent with vanilla, coffee, cloves, and pepper registering increases. (references)

Travel

Barbados

Specialties of the island include flying fish (and many other types of fish), cou-cou (similar to grits) and spicy pepper pot. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "PEPPER": African pepper ♦ bell pepper ♦ betel pepper ♦ Bird pepper ♦ black pepper ♦ bonnet pepper ♦ brazilian pepper tree ♦ capsicum pepper plant ♦ cayenne pepper ♦ Cherry pepper ♦ chili pepper ♦ chilli pepper ♦ Chinese pepper ♦ common pepper ♦ cone pepper ♦ Dr Pepper ♦ garden pepper cress ♦ globe pepper ♦ green pepper ♦ Guinea pepper ♦ hot pepper ♦ italian pepper ♦ Jamaica pepper ♦ Java pepper ♦ long pepper ♦ Madagascar pepper ♦ Malaguetta pepper ♦ melagueta pepper ♦ Meleguetta pepper ♦ mignonette pepper ♦ negro pepper ♦ pepper and salt ♦ pepper box ♦ pepper bush ♦ pepper caster ♦ pepper corn ♦ pepper dulse ♦ pepper elder ♦ pepper family ♦ pepper grass ♦ pepper grinder ♦ pepper mill ♦ pepper moth ♦ pepper patch ♦ Pepper Pike ♦ pepper plant ♦ pepper pot ♦ pepper root ♦ pepper sauce ♦ pepper saxifrage ♦ pepper shaker ♦ pepper shrub ♦ pepper steak ♦ pepper stew ♦ pepper tree ♦ pepper vine ♦ Philadelphia pepper pot ♦ pod pepper ♦ red pepper ♦ salt and pepper ♦ season with pepper ♦ spur pepper ♦ sweet pepper ♦ sweet pepper bush ♦ sweet pepper plant ♦ tabasco pepper ♦ true pepper ♦ wall pepper ♦ water pepper ♦ white pepper. Additional references.

Beginning with "PEPPER": pepper-and-salt, pepper-box, pepper-caster, pepper-castor, pepper-coloured, pepper-covered, pepper-grinder, pepper-mill, pepper-pot, pepper-seven.

Ending with "PEPPER": green-pepper, hot-pepper, obs-pepper, post-pepper, red-pepper.

Containing "PEPPER": Carmody Hills-Pepper Mill Village.

Afrikaans

peper. (various references)

Albanian

piperos, piper (condiment), spec (species), ngjyej (color, colour, Dunk, dye, imbue, make smb. up, plaster, soak), mbuloj me (cover with, strew with), gjallëri (activity, alacrity, alertness, animation, brio, briskness, dynamism, ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, lustiness, mercuriality, pep, sprightliness, verdure, verve, vitality, vivacity, volatility, zest), energji (dash, drive, dynamism, energetics, energy, gumption, might, nerve, pith, power, push, steam, strenuousness, vigor, vigour, vim, young blood, zip), bombardoj me. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فلفل, ‏مطره بوابل من الخردق, ‏نبات الفلفل. (various references)

Asturian

pimienta. (various references)

Bavarian

bfäffa. (various references)

Bemba

pepa. (various references)

Blackfoot

pisstaahkaipokoo. (various references)

Bulgarian 

разнообразявам (diversify, interleave, intersperse, relieve, season, variegate, vary), чушка (Hull), чер пипер, обстрелвам (fire, pelt, play, pound, search), обсипвам (assail, beset, besiege, deluge, heap, intersperse, load, smother, sow, spot, strew, stud), насолявам (blow up), наругавам (lace, lambaste, pitch into, skin, slang, slate, talk to, tell off), нахоквам (lambaste, take to task), напердашвам (clobber, dress down, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, paddle, skin, thrash, whale), замервам, посипвам с пипер, посипвам (bestrew, sow, sprinkle, strew), пипер, изпъстрям (dapple, freak, lace, mottle, sprinkle). (various references)

Catalan

pebrot, pebre. (various references)

Cebuano

paminta. (various references)

Chamorro

pimentos (sweet pepper), donne' (hot pepper). (various references)

Chinese 

胡椒 . (various references)

Cornish

püber. (various references)

Czech

pepř, opepřit, nìkomu řádnì nasolit. (various references)

Danish

peber. (various references)

Dutch

peperen. (various references)

Esperanto

pipro, pipri, kapsika. (various references)

Faeroese

pipar. (various references)

Farsi 

فلفلی , فلفل پاشیدن , فلفل کوبیده , فلفل زدن به , فلفل , تیرباران کردن , باضربات پیاپی زدن . (various references)

Finnish

pippuri (pepper plant). (various references)

French

poivre. (various references)

Frisian

piper. (various references)

Galician

pemento. (various references)

German

Pfeffer, pfeffern (chuck out, fling, hurl, peppering, season with pepper, sling out). (various references)

Greek 

πιπέρι. (various references)

Hebrew 

פלפל. (various references)

Hungarian

bors (black pepper), paprika (green pepper, paprika, red pepper). (various references)

Indonesian

lada (ginger-nut), cengek, cabe (chili). (various references)

Italian

pepe. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

胡椒 , ペット病 (pedestal, pedestrian, pedicure, pet-communicated infection, Petri, Petri-net), ペトリ皿 (pedometer, penalty, penalty area, penalty box, penalty goal, penalty kick, penicillin, penicillin anaphylaxy, penicillin shock, penis, pennant, pennant race, peppermint, pepsin, peptide, petri dish, petrofood, petroleum, PG). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ペッパー , ペパー , こしょう (accident, boasting, break-down, call by name, calling out, exaggeration, failure, lakes and marshes, old name, out of order, page). (various references)

Korean 

고추 (Chili, chilli). (various references)

Lombard

pever. (various references)

Macedonian

crn piper. (various references)

Malay

merica. (various references)

Manx

pibbyrey, pibbyral, pibbyragh (peppery), pibbyr, cur pibbyr er. (various references)

Maya

yu'upbil-iik (dried chili pepper), kat-iik (cucumber pepper), iik (chili pepper, wind), chuhuk-iik (sweet pepper). (various references)

Mohawk

tyotskara'kowa. (various references)

Norwegian

pepper. (various references)

Papago

pi-mianthi. (various references)

Papiamen

peper. (various references)

Pig Latin

epperpay.(various references)

Polish

pieprz. (various references)

Portuguese

pimenta, apimentar (devil, spice). (various references)

Provencal

pebre. (various references)

Romanian

pipera, piper, papricã, face atrãgãtor, acoperi (adorn, bedeck, cap, cloak, conceal, cover, deck, defilade, defray, disguise, Harbor, harbour, hide, hood, mantle, obfuscate, overgrow, overlap, overlay, overspread, paint, protect, roof, sheathe, shelter, sow, span, straw, suffuse, top, varnish, veil), ardei, ardei iute, ardei roşu pisat, ardeia, boia (paint), împroşca (bespatter, dash, insult, spatter, splash, splatter, sputter), energie (activity, backbone, bottom, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, snap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vigour, vim, virtue, zip), vorbã (accent, agreement, discussion, gossip, peep, rumor, rumour, say, saying, story, subject, talk, word, words), frazã (phrase, sentence), stâlci în bãtaie, temperament (blood, complexion, constitution, disposition, humor, humour, kidney, mettle, nature, spirit, temper, temperament), viaţã (alacrity, animation, being, biography, career, cheerfulness, day, existence, life, living, reality, spirit, sprightliness, vitality), condimenta (Flavor, flavour, relish, savor, savour, season, spice). (various references)

Romansch

paiver. (various references)

Romany

kalòo pipèn (black pepper). (various references)

Ruanda

ipiripiri. (various references)

Russian 

перец. (various references)

Samoan

pepa (document, paper). (various references)

Scottish

piobar, peabar , piobar, peabar. (various references)

Sepedi

pherefere. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pobiberiti, paprika (paprika), saleteti (beset), biber. (various references)

Shona

mhiripiri (red pepper). (various references)

Sicilian

pipi. (various references)

Spanish

pimienta. (various references)

Sranan

pepre. (various references)

Swedish

peppar. (various references)

Thai

พริกชี้ฟ้า (goat pepper). (various references)

Turkish

biber serpmek, biber, bíber. (various references)

Turkmen 

burз (angle). (various references)

Ukrainian

розпікати, гострота (acridity, acrimony, acuity, acumen, acuteness, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, quickness, savor, savour, sharpness, subtlety), запальність (hastiness, spirit, spunk, storminess, warmth), перчити, перець. (various references)

Vietnamese 

hạt tiêu. (various references)

Welsh

pupur. (various references)

Zulu

upelepele. (various references)

piper, Piper nigrum l, piper, piperis, piper; piperis. (various references)

pippali. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "PEPPER": pepperbox, pepperboxes, peppercorn, peppercorns, peppered, pepperer, pepperers, peppergrass, peppergrasses, pepperiness, pepperinesses, peppering, peppermint, peppermints, pepperminty, pepperoni, pepperonis, peppers, peppertree, peppertrees, peppery. (additional references)

Misspellings

"PEPPER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eppur, Geppert, pappei, Penparc, pepe, Pepel, peper, pepere, pepoper, pepperd, Pepple, Pippert, poepper, poppere, preperm, prepper, pupper, yepper. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: peep, peer, perp, pree, prep, repp.

-3 letters: ere, pee, pep, per, ree, rep.

-4 letters: er, pe, re.

+1 letter: peppers, peppery, peppier, prepped, preppie.

+2 letters: peppered, pepperer, preppier, preppies.

+3 letters: eyepopper, pepperbox, pepperers, peppering, pepperoni, preppiest, puppeteer.

+4 letters: eyepoppers, peppercorn, peppermint, pepperonis, peppertree, preapprove, preppiness, presuppose, prewrapped, puppeteers, puppetries.

+5 letters: copperplate, pepperboxes, peppercorns, peppergrass, pepperiness, peppermints, pepperminty, peppertrees, preapproved, preapproves, preprepared, presupposed, presupposes.