pepper
/ˈpɛp.ɚ/ verb C2- 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.
- To beat or thrash.
- To use a pepper (type of value used prior to hashing).
- To shoot (upon) with the dotty.
- To write accents or disambiguating marks in script.
He/she/it peppers · Past peppered · Past participle peppered · -ing form peppering
Verb forms
- Base form
- pepper
- He/she/it
- peppers
- Past
- peppered
- Past participle
- peppered
- -ing form
- peppering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Its frosty pepper up my nose.
Pig and Pepper
“There’s certainly too much pepper in that soup!” Alice said to herself, as well as she could for sneezing.
The pepper when he pleases!”
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