to pepper

Definition of to pepper in English English dictionary: To strike with something made up of small particles; A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe red berries of this plant; To add (something) at frequent intervals
He liked to pepper his conversation with long words.; To add pepper to; 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.; {n} a spice, a plant of many kinds; {v} to sprinkle with pepper, warm, beat; A fruit of the capsicum: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties; To fire numerous shots (at); If something is peppered with small objects, a lot of those objects hit it. He was wounded in both legs and severely peppered with shrapnel; a type of spice or a hollow shiny green, yellow or red vegetable (sometimes called a capsicum); Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red pepper; as, the bell pepper; aromatic agent; A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum; Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth; Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds; Pepper is a hot-tasting spice which is used to flavour food. Season with salt and pepper. freshly ground black pepper; A pepper, or in American English a bell pepper, is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds inside it; add pepper to; "pepper the soup"; climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam; sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"; The berries are red when ripe; A plant of the family Piperaceae; sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum; If something is peppered with things, it has a lot of those things in it or on it. While her English was correct, it was peppered with French phrases Yachts peppered the tranquil waters of Botafogo Bay. or garden pepper Any of many plants in the genus Capsicum of the nightshade family, notably C. annuum, C. frutescens, and C. boccatum, native to Central and South America and cultivated extensively throughout tropical Asia and the equatorial New World for their edible, pungent fruits. Red, green, and yellow mild bell or sweet peppers, rich in vitamins A and C, are used in seasoning and as a vegetable food. The pungency of hot peppers, including tabasco, chili, and cayenne peppers, comes from the compound capsaicin in the internal partitions of the fruit. The spice black pepper comes from an unrelated plant. garden pepper black pepper Pepper Claude Denson; {i} type of vegetable (green, red, purple or yellow); seasoning comprising of ground dried berries of a tropical climbing plant; To sprinkle or season with pepper; Pepper is a common pre-game exercise where one player bunts brisk grounders and line drives to a group of fielders who are standing about 20 feet away The fielders try to throw it back as quickly as possible The batter hits the return throw (Some ballparks ban pepper games because wild pitches could land in the stands and injure spectators); n a (usually) warm-up drill in which two players pass, set, and hit the ball back and forth åŒäºº(çƒèº«æ—¶)å¯¹æ‰“çš„ç»ƒä¹ ã€‚; - Pepper is the most popular spice in the world It is sold in both black and white varieties and for the most part is imported from India, Indonesia, and Borneo It is sold in whole or ground varieties, and is used in almost every dish imaginable; To be covered with lots of (something made up of small things); {f} season with pepper; add pepper; a (usually) warm-up drill in which two players pass, set, and hit the ball back and forth; attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"; To pepper one well To give one a good basting or thrashing To take pepper i' the nose To take offence The French have a similar locution, “La moutarde lui monte au nez ” “Take you pepper in your nose, you mar our sport ”- The Spanish Gipsy, iv 190 Pepper Gate When your daughter is stolen close Pepper Gate Pepper Gate used to be on the east side of the city of Chester It is said that the daughter of the mayor eloped, and the mayor ordered the gate to be closed up “Lock the stable-door when the steed is stolen ” (Albert Smith: Christopher Tadpole, chap i ); The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves; pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground; any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers; A fast-paced fielding game involving a hitter and one or more fielders; designed to sharpen reflexes and hand-eye coordination The hitter hits the ball to a fielder standing 10 to 20 feet away The fielder then fields the ball and immediately throws the ball back to the hitter, who bunts the ball back toward the fielder(s); add pepper to; "pepper the soup; n a (usually) warm-up drill in which two players pass, set, and hit the ball back and forth