peppers

Noun

pepper (countable and uncountable, plural peppers)

1. A plant of the family Piperaceae.
2. (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
3. (Canada, Ireland, UK, US) A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.

   Synonyms:

   capsicum

4. 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
   • Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".
5. 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.
6. (slang) A beating; a thrashing.
   • He means to snatch the laurels from his brow, / At all his boasted pluck and prowess smile, / And give him pepper in superior style.1906, Henry Downes Miles, Pugilistica, page 61

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