n A plant of the family Piperaceae.
n (uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
n (UK, US, Ireland and Canada) A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties.
n (baseball) 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
n (cryptography) 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.
n (boxing, slang) A beating; a thrashing.
n (MLE, slang) A shotgun.
v (transitive) To add pepper to.
v (transitive) To strike with something made up of small particles.
v (transitive) To cover with lots of (something made up of small things).
v (transitive) To add (something) at frequent intervals.
v (transitive, slang) To beat or thrash.
v (transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot (upon) with the dotty.
n A surname originating as an occupation for a seller of pepper.