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| 1. | [ verb ] (military) attack and bombard with or as if with missiles | |
| Synonyms: | pelt | |
| Examples: | "pelt the speaker with questions" |
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| Related terms: | attack throw | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (food) add pepper to | |
| Examples: | "pepper the soup" |
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| Related terms: | spice cooking | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (botany) climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in North Burma and Assam | |
| Synonyms: | black_pepper white_pepper Madagascar_pepper Piper_nigrum common_pepper | |
| Related terms: | true_pepper Piper piperin | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (food) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground | |
| Synonyms: | peppercorn | |
| Related terms: | flavorer white_pepper black_pepper | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (botany) any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers | |
| Synonyms: | capsicum_pepper_plant capsicum | |
| Related terms: | shrub sweet_pepper bell_pepper cone_pepper cherry_pepper bird_pepper tabasco_pepper cayenne genus_Capsicum capsaicin | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2274 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum | |
| Related terms: | solanaceous_vegetable sweet_pepper hot_pepper capsicum | |
| Similar spelling: |
peppery Peper peeper Peifer Peffer Peiffer popper |
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