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Definition pepper in American English

pepper verb

[transitive] verb
/ˈpepər/
1

to hit something many times and in many different places

Example

Bullets peppered UN airplanes.

Example

They peppered his car with machine-gun fire.

Synonyms and related words
hit punch strike
1.1

to be in many different places all over a surface

Example

His chin was peppered with gray stubble.

Synonyms and related words
spread out disperse fan out
1.2

to fill something such as a speech or piece of writing with a lot of examples of something

Example

a letter peppered with spelling mistakes

Synonyms and related words
tell deliver report
2

to put pepper on food

Synonyms and related words
bake beat blanch
Definition pepper in American English