What Does Pepper Mean?

Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is drupe which, when fresh and fully mature, is about 5 mm in diameter, dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single pepper seed.

What does pepper mean in slang?

1 : to hit (someone) repeatedly with (something) The boxer peppered his opponent with punches. —often used figuratively The reporters peppered her with questions.

What does it mean to pepper someone up?

to shower someone or something with something, such as stones, bullets, etc. The angry crowd peppered the police with stones.

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