pep
/pɛp/
pep verb: to inject with energy and enthusiasm.
Verb
pep (third-person singular simple present peps, present participle pepping, simple past and past participle pepped)
- To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
- At least a couple of weeks since I last slept,
Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.1995, Faithless, “Insomnia”
- At least a couple of weeks since I last slept,
Noun (1)
pep (countable and uncountable, plural peps)
- Energy, high spirits.
- She was particularly pleased with the wine, which at not infrequent intervals she tasted. Beyond all doubt it promised to be of vintage quality. Clearly the long hot summer had put more than a little pep into the berries.1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren
- Synonyms:
- energy, high spirits, vim
Noun (2) capitalized: PEP
PEP (countable and uncountable, plural PEPs)
- Initialism of post-exposure prophylaxis.
- Initialism of personal equity plan (a former financial instrument).
- Initialism of politically exposed person.
- “To set the record straight: No Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were redacted from today’s released Epstein documents. All references to PEPs were disclosed in full. Do you not see Clinton’s face??” a justice department media relations account said on X.2025 December 20, Victoria Bekiempis, “Outrage and legal threats: Trump justice department slammed after limited Epstein files release”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- Initialism of phosphoenolpyruvate.
- Initialism of Python enhancement proposal.
- PEPs are design documents that provide information to the Python community, describing new features (or proposed new features) for Python, its processes, or its environment.2018, Cody Jackson, Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja: Over 70 recipes that uncover powerful programming tactics in Python, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 282
Proper noun capitalized: PEP
PEP
- Initialism of Political and Economic Planning, a British policy think tank.
- Come a survey like last week’s PEP report on the extent of race prejudice, and another such wave looks like jogging the Government into introducing legislation dealing with housing and employment.1967, “Researchers find widespread discrimination and prejudice against immigrants to Britain”, in The Observer
Examples of pep in a sentence
- It's your turn to give a pep talk to the dispirited miners.
- We're looking for ideas to pep up the new ad campaign.
- I need some coffee to pep me up.
Synonyms of pep
Forms of pep
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | peps |
| present participle | pepping |
| past participle | pepped |
| past | pepped |
| Noun | |
| plural | peps |
| plural | PEPs |
Origin of pep
Abbreviation of pepper (“spice”).
Words formed from pep
Phrases with pep
Words that rhyme with pep
Questions about pep
- What does pep mean?
- Pep means to inject with energy and enthusiasm.
- What part of speech is pep?
- Pep can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pep?
- Pep is pronounced /pɛp/.
- What is the past tense of pep?
- The past tense of pep is pepped.
Words near pep in the dictionary
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