A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of pepper.

plural of pepperer

(obsolete) A grocer.

A plant of the family Piperaceae. / (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.

(boxing, slang); (transitive) To add pepper to. / (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles. / (transitive) To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).

present participle of pepper

A light spray, as of bullets.

Seasoned with pepper. / Speckled.

simple past tense and past participle of pepper

plural of peppering