peppering

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noun

A light sprinkling or spray, as with black pepper specks, bullets, or questions.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pepper
nounpeppering (plural pepperings)

plural pepperings

  1. figurativelyliterallyA light sprinkling or spray, as with black pepper specks, bullets, or questions.

    Besides, the advantage sought is but a cowardly advantage; for when all is said, the pepperings from the small shot of female eloquence are great only to little men.

    1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 60, page 57

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Pippenger
Cite this entry
APA

peppering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peppering

MLA

“peppering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peppering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peppering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peppering.

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