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pepper-and-salt

pepper-and-salt adjective: of a feeling, intense, spirited, or vigorous. Also the alternative form of salt-and-pepper.

Adjective

pepper-and-salt (comparative more pepper-and-salt, superlative most pepper-and-salt)

  1. (figuratively, uncommon) Of a feeling, intense, spirited, or vigorous.

Noun

pepper-and-salt (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of harbinger-of-spring (“Erigenia bulbosa”).

Also used as

pepper-and-salt is also the alternative form of salt-and-pepper.

Synonyms of pepper-and-salt

Forms of pepper-and-salt

comparativemore pepper-and-salt
superlativemost pepper-and-salt

Questions about pepper-and-salt

What does pepper-and-salt mean?
Pepper-and-salt means of a feeling, intense, spirited, or vigorous.
What part of speech is pepper-and-salt?
Pepper-and-salt can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pepper-and-salt in the dictionary

  1. pepper weevil
  2. pepper weevils
  3. Pepper X
  4. Pepper's ghost
  5. Pepper's ghosts
  6. pepper-and-salt
  7. pepper-gas
  8. pepper-gases
  9. pepper-gingerbread
  10. pepper-gingerbreads
  11. pepper-pot

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