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pep·per
(pĕp′ər)n.
1.
a. A perennial climbing vine (Piper nigrum) native to India, widely cultivated for its long slender spikes of small fruit.
b. A pungent black or white spice produced from the dried fruit of this plant, used as a condiment.
2. Any of several other plants of the genus Piper, such as cubeb, betel, and kava.
3.
a. Any of several tropical American, cultivated varieties of capsicum, having podlike, many-seeded, fruit.
b. The podlike fruit of any of these plants, varying in size, shape, color, and degree of pungency, with the milder types including the bell pepper and pimiento, and the more pungent types including the habanero.
4. Any of various condiments made from the more pungent varieties of capsicum, such as cayenne pepper, tabasco pepper, and chili. Also called hot pepper.
5. Any of various other plants producing pungent fruits, such as the Szechuan pepper.
6. Baseball A warm-up exercise in which players standing a short distance from a batter field the ball and toss it to the batter, who hits each toss back to the fielders. Also called pepper game.
tr.v. pep·pered, pep·per·ing, pep·pers
1. To season or sprinkle with pepper.
2.
a. To sprinkle liberally; scatter: peppered the confetti over the street.
b. To strew something over: "Large splinters and chunks of timber peppered the ground" (John Guy).
3. To strike with small missiles or gunfire. See Synonyms at barrage2.
4. To beset repeatedly, as with questions or requests.
5. To distribute certain features, such as witty remarks or quotations, throughout (a discourse).
[Middle English peper, from Old English pipor, from Latin piper, long pepper, black pepper, from Greek peperi, of Indic origin; akin to Prakrit pipparī, long pepper, from Sanskrit pippalī, from pippalam, berry, fruit of the pipal tree, of unknown origin.]
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pepper
(ˈpɛpə)n
1. (Plants) a woody climbing plant, Piper nigrum, of the East Indies, having small black berry-like fruits: family Piperaceae
2. (Plants) the dried fruit of this plant, which is ground to produce a sharp hot condiment. See also black pepper, white pepper
4. (Plants) Also called: capsicum 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. See also bird pepper, sweet pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper
5. (Plants) the fruit of any of these capsicums, which has a mild or pungent taste
6. (Cookery) the condiment made from the fruits of any of these plants
7. (Plants) any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as water pepper
vb (tr)
8. (Cookery) to season with pepper
9. to sprinkle liberally; dot: his prose was peppered with alliteration.
10. to pelt with small missiles
[Old English piper, from Latin, from Greek peperi; compare French poivre, Old Norse piparr]
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pep•per
(ˈpɛp ər)n.
1.
a. the pungent dried berries of the tropical climbing shrub Piper nigrum, used whole, crushed, or ground as a condiment.
b. any plant of the genus Piper, of the pepper family, several of which yield similar pungent berries.
2.
v.t. a. any of several plants belonging to the genus Capsicum, of the nightshade family, esp. C. annuum and C. frutescens.
b. the usu. green or red fruit of any of these plants, ranging from mild to very pungent in flavor.
c. the pungent seeds of several varieties of C. annuum or C. frutescens, used ground or whole as a condiment.
3. to season with or as if with pepper.
4. to sprinkle or cover, as if with pepper; dot.
5. to pelt with or as if with shot or missiles.
[before 1000; Middle English peper, piper, Old English pipor (> Old Norse pipari, piparr) < Latin piper < Greek péperi; compare Old Frisian piper, Dutch peper, Old High German pfeffar (German Pfeffer), all perhaps < a common West Germanic borrowing < Latin]
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Past participle: peppered
Gerund: peppering
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Noun | 1. | pepper - climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam peppercorn, pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground genus Piper, Piper - type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs pepper vine, true pepper - any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper |
2. | pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers pepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum genus Capsicum, Capsicum - chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers Capsicum annuum conoides, cone pepper - plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper - plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red bell pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, paprika, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper, sweet pepper plant - plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers Capsicum annuum cerasiforme, cherry pepper - plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits bird pepper, Capsicum baccatum, Capsicum frutescens baccatum - plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers Capsicum frutescens, hot pepper, tabasco pepper, tabasco plant - plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce capsaicin - colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno | |
3. | pepper - pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts black pepper - pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on white pepper - pepper ground from husked peppercorns black pepper, common pepper, Madagascar pepper, pepper, Piper nigrum, white pepper - climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam | |
4. | pepper - sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon sweet pepper - large mild crisp thick-walled capsicum peppers usually bell-shaped or somewhat oblong; commonly used in salads hot pepper - any of various pungent capsicum fruits capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper - any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers | |
Verb | 1. | pepper - add pepper to; "pepper the soup" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
2. | pepper - attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions" |
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pepper
verb
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pepper
verb1. To mark with many small spots:
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Translations
pepřpaprikapepřitpepřovníkzasypat
peberpeberfrugtpeberplantepebredænge til med
pipro
فلفل
pippuripippuroidasuolatahöystääpaprika
papar
borsmegborsozpaprikarálődöz
ladamerica
láta rigna yfirpiparpipar, paprikapiparrunnipiparrunni, papríkujurt
コショウピーマン
피망후추
apibertiberti pipirųmėtinis saldainispipiraipipiras
apbērtpaprikapiparipiparot, piebērt piparuspipars
čierne koreniekoreniťpieporzasypať
poperpaprika
pepparpepprapaprika
พริกไทยป่นพืชจำพวกพริก
hạt tiêutiêu
pepper
[ˈpepəʳ]A. N
B. VT
1. (lit) → echar or poner pimienta a, sazonar con pimienta
2. (fig)
2.1. (= bombard) → acribillar
the walls were peppered with bullet holes → las paredes habían sido acribilladas a balazos
to pepper sth/sb with bullets → acribillar algo/a algn a balazos
to pepper sb with questions → acribillar a algn a preguntas
the walls were peppered with bullet holes → las paredes habían sido acribilladas a balazos
to pepper sth/sb with bullets → acribillar algo/a algn a balazos
to pepper sb with questions → acribillar a algn a preguntas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pepper
[ˈpɛpər] n
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pepper
n → Pfeffer m; (= green, red pepper) → Paprika m; (= plant) → Pfefferstrauch m; two peppers → zwei Paprikaschoten
vt
(lit) → pfeffern
pepper
:pepper-and-salt
pepperbox
n (US) → Pfefferstreuer m
peppercorn
n → Pfefferkorn nt
peppercorn rent
n (= nominal rent) → nominelle or symbolische Miete
pepper
:pepper mill
n → Pfeffermühle f
peppermint
n → Pfefferminz nt; (Bot) → Pfefferminze f
pepper pot
n → Pfefferstreuer m
pepper spray
n → Pfefferspray nt
pepper steak
n → Pfeffersteak m
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pepper
[ˈpɛpəʳ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pepper
(ˈpepə) noun1. the dried, powdered berries of a certain plant, used for seasoning food. white/black pepper; This soup has too much pepper in it.
2. the plant bearing these berries. a pepper plant.
3. any of several red, yellow, or green, hollow seed-containing fruits used as food. red peppers stuffed with rice.
4. any of the plants which bear these.
verb1. to put pepper in or on (some food). You don't have to pepper the soup.
2. (with with) to throw, fire etc many, usually small, objects at (someone). He peppered them with bullets.
ˈpeppery adjective1. (of food) containing a lot of pepper. The soup is too peppery.
2. easily made angry. a peppery old man.
ˈpeppercorn noun the berry of the pepper plant.
ˈpepper-mill noun a small container in which peppercorns are ground into a powder.
ˈpeppermint noun1. a flavouring taken from a type of plant and used in sweets etc.
2. (sometimes abbreviated to mint) a sweet flavoured with peppermint. The little boy had a bag of peppermints.
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pepper
→ فُلْفُل, فُلْفُلٌ paprika, pepř peber Paprika, Pfeffer πιπέρι, πιπεριά pimienta, pimiento paprika, pippuri poivre, poivron papar pepe, peperone コショウ, ピーマン 피망, 후추 paprika, peper paprika, pepper papryka, pieprz pimenta, pimentão, pimento перец paprika, peppar พริกไทยป่น, พืชจำพวกพริก biber hạt tiêu, tiêu 胡椒粉, 辣椒Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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