sport pepper

noun

A mild chili pepper, commonly pickled and used in Southern US cooking and on Chicago-style hot dogs.

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Meanings

nounsport pepper (plural sport peppers)

plural sport peppers

  1. A mild chili pepper, commonly pickled and used in Southern US cooking and on Chicago-style hot dogs.

Origin

From sport (“unusual variety”) + pepper.

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APA

sport pepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sport%20pepper

MLA

“sport pepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sport%20pepper. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sport pepper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sport%20pepper.

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