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noun 
  1. A plant of the family Piperaceae.
  2. (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, 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 games".
Translations: 
  • French: (spicy) piment , (mild) poivron
  • Dutch: (spicy) chilipeper
  • German: (spicy) Chili
  • Italian: (spicy) peperoncino , (mild) peperone
  • Spanish: (spicy) pimiento
verb 
  1. (transitive) To add pepper to.
  2. (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.
  3. (transitive) To be covered with lots of (something made up of small things).
After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.
  1. (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.
He liked to his conversation with long words.
Translations: 
  • French: poivrer, assaisonner de poivre
  • Italian: pepare, condire con pepe
Etymology: Old English piper


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