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Dr Pepper

Dr Pepper proper noun: a brand of sweet, cherry-esque–flavoured carbonated soft drink similar to (but distinct from) cola that is produced by the company Keurig Dr Pepper.

dr pepper: a brand of sweet, cherry-esque–flavoured carbonated soft drink similar to (but distinct from) cola...
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Proper noun

Dr Pepper

  1. (trademark) A brand of sweet, cherry-esque–flavoured carbonated soft drink similar to (but distinct from) cola that is produced by the company Keurig Dr Pepper.

Noun

Dr Pepper (plural Dr Peppers)

  1. A serving of Dr Pepper.
    • And with that, she drinks a Dr Pepper. And she loves it.1984 January 30, “The Many Joys of Being a Pepper Too”, in The Victoria Advocate, page 12A
    • "I got the bunny book, Aunt Peg," says Caroline, sipping her Dr Pepper.1994, Robert Trent, “Hard-Candy Christmas”, in Ethan Mordden, editor, Waves: An Anthology of New Gay Fiction, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 164

Examples of Dr Pepper in a sentence

  • I got a Dr Pepper, which Mom doesn’t let me have too often.2010, Mary Hershey, Love and Pollywogs from Camp Calamity, Wendy Lamb Books, →ISBN, page 33:
  • I pulled out my lizard-hunting money and paid for two Kit Kats and two Dr Peppers, both a better price than my great-uncle Henry charged down the road.2019, Julia Elliot, “Hellion”, in Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor, editor, The Best American Short Stories 2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...

Forms of Dr Pepper

Proper noun
alternative formDr. Pepper
alternative form (nonstandard)Doctor Pepper
Noun
pluralDr Peppers

Origin of Dr Pepper

Coined around 1885 as Dr. Pepper by Wade Morrison, the owner of the store in which the drink was invented by Charles Alderton. Its etymology is uncertain, though several ultimately unsubstantiated theories exist.

Words formed from Dr Pepper

Questions about Dr Pepper

What does Dr Pepper mean?
Dr Pepper means a brand of sweet, cherry-esque–flavoured carbonated soft drink similar to (but distinct from) cola that is produced by the company Keurig Dr Pepper.
How do you use Dr Pepper in a sentence?
I got a Dr Pepper, which Mom doesn’t let me have too often.
What part of speech is Dr Pepper?
Dr Pepper can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Dr Pepper in the dictionary

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  2. DR Congo
  3. Dr Frankenstein
  4. Dr Frankensteins
  5. Dr Google
  6. Dr Pepper
  7. Dr Peppers
  8. Dr Watsonish
  9. DR-DOS
  10. dr.
  11. Dr. & Mrs. Vandertramp

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