pep

present singular third person peps · participle present pepping · participle past pepped · past pepped

1. informaltransitiveTo 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”

plural peps

1. countableinformaluncountableEnergy, 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

plural PEPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of post-exposure prophylaxis.
2. UKabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of personal equity plan (a former financial instrument).
3. UKabbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism 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

4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of phosphoenolpyruvate.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismcomputingInitialism 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

1. UKabbreviationhistoricalinitialismgovernmentInitialism 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