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Pepper

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA plant of the family Piperaceae.
2.NounA spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
3.NounA fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.
4.NounA 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"."
5.NounA randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value.
6.NounA beating; a thrashing.
7.NounA shotgun.
8.VerbTo add pepper to.
9.VerbTo strike with something made up of small particles.
10.VerbTo cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
"After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes."
11.VerbTo add (something) at frequent intervals.
"He liked to pepper long words throughout his conversation."
12.VerbTo beat or thrash.
13.VerbTo use a pepper (type of value used prior to hashing).
14.VerbTo shoot (upon) with the dotty.
15.VerbTo write accents or disambiguating marks in script.
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