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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : pep-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛp ər

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Définition of peppered

Origin :
  • Old English pipor, from an early West Germanic borrowing of Latin piper "pepper," from Greek piperi, probably (via Persian) from Middle Indic pippari, from Sanskrit pippali "long pepper." The Latin word is the source of German Pfeffer, Italian pepe, French poivre, Old Church Slavonic pipru, Lithuanian pipiras, Old Irish piobhar, Welsh pybyr, etc. Application to fruits of the capsicum family (unrelated, originally native of tropical America) is 16c.
  • As in speckled : adj dotted
  • As in covered : adj plentifully bestrewn
  • As in intersperse : verb scatter
  • As in pelt : verb beat; throw hard
  • As in punctuate : verb lay stress on
  • As in riddle : verb perforate, permeate
  • As in season : verb flavor food
  • As in spot : verb mark, stain
  • As in sprinkle : verb scatter, disseminate
  • As in throw : verb propel something through the air
  • As in mottle : verb speckle
  • As in speckle : verb dot
  • As in dot : verb make spot(s)
  • As in flavor : verb add seasoning
Example sentences :
  • For several minutes he peppered the line-rider with neat hits.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • Again we peppered them, and forced them back into the darkness which lay beyond our vision.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
  • Such a jumpin' an' yowlin, as when I peppered them varmints; he!
  • Extract from : « Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches » by Edwin Eastman
  • I have peppered two of them: two I am sure I have paid, two rogues in buckram suits.
  • Extract from : « Familiar Quotations » by John Bartlett
  • I tell you, whilst we were up on top of the ridge, Fritz just peppered us.
  • Extract from : « Over the top with the 25th » by R. Lewis
  • But now, even if they do get peppered, the squadron may be recommended for honors and he may get a ribbon.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Bruin was not such a fool as to walk out and be peppered by bullets.
  • Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid
  • The bloodhounds were cheered by the students and peppered with peas.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Races » by Burt L. Standish
  • Is nice cut in slices, salted and peppered, and broiled or fried.
  • Extract from : « The American Housewife » by Anonymous
  • Any minute we may expect to be peppered from the woods on this side.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards » by Gerald Breckenridge

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