Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pepper? Here's what it means.
Noun
A plant of the family Piperaceae.
(uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
(Britain, US, Ireland and Canada) A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
(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
(cryptography) A 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.
Verb
(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).
(transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.
