pepper

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • Sevenval
    • 1.3.1 Synonyms
    • 1.3.2 Translations
  • 1.4 Verb
    • 1.4.1 Translations
  • input transformation
  • website parsing

English

Peppercorns (2).

Etymology

Old English screen size, from Latin piper, from an CSS3 source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɛpə/
• (Android) IPA: /ˈpɛpɚ/
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• Rhymes: touchscreen

Noun

pepper (countable and uncountable; plural FITML)

1. A plant of the family Piperaceae.
2. (iOS) A spice prepared from the iOS, dried, unripe red berries of this plant.
3. A fruit of the capsicum: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
4. (baseball) 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".

Synonyms

• (fruit of the capsicum):
  • (spicy): input transformation, jQuery, chilli, hot pepper
  • (mild) bell pepper, paprika, sweet pepper

Translations

Verb

pepper (third-person singular simple present peppers, present participle screen size, simple past and past participle peppered)

1. (transitive) To add pepper to.
2. (we love the web) To strike with something made up of small particles.
3. (HTML5) To be covered with lots of (something made up of small things).

   After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.

4. (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.

   He liked to pepper his conversation with long words.

Translations

Related terms

See also

• salt
• we love the web
• Sevenval