PEPPERING

Definitions: PEPPERING

PEPPERING

Adjective

1. Hot; pungent; peppery.

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Pepper

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "PEPPERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references)

Synonyms: PEPPERING

Synonyms by domain: bell pepper (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology), capsicum (food & agriculture, statistics), chilli (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology), chillies, green pepper, paprica, pepper (chemical industry, meteorology & standards), Portable Electric Probe Reader (computing), Promotion of Employee Participation in Profits and Enterprises Results (labor), red pepper (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnologyfood & agriculture, statistics), sweet pepper (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

"PEPPERING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "PEPPERING" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	60%	6	143,867
Noun (singular)	30%	3	202,518
Noun (proper)	10%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	10	N/A

Language		Translations for "PEPPERING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		乱质问 (Peppered). (various references)

German		pfeffernd, pfeffern (chuck out, fling, hurl, pepper, season with pepper, sling out). (various references)

Korean		후춧가루를 뿌림. (various references)

Pig Latin		epperingpay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Capsicum annuum linnaeus, Piper nigrum l. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"PEPPERING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gelperin, peperino, Pepperdine, poperian. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "PEPPERING" (pronounced pe"pering)
4	-p er i ng	diapering, hampering, pampering, papering, prospering, scampering, tampering, tapering, tempering, wallpapering, whimpering, whispering, zippering.
3	-er i ng	administering, altering, anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, bantering, bartering, battering, belaboring, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clobbering, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, countering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, encountering, endangering, endeavoring, entering, factoring, faltering, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, fracturing, frittering, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glittering, glowering, grandfathering, guttering, hammering, hankering, harboring, hectoring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, lettering, levering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, minoring, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, mothering, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neighboring, neutering, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pandering, partnering, perjuring, pestering, petering, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, puncturing, puttering, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, severing, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smattering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spattering, spiering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, structuring, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, teetering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, tottering, towering, transpiring, triggering, tutoring, uncovering, unflattering, unwavering, ushering, uttering, venturing, wagering, wandering, warmongering, watering, wavering, weathering, withering, wondering, Wuthering.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-n-p-p-p-r"
	-1 letter: prepping.
	-2 letters: peeping, peering, peppier, pepping, preeing, preppie.
	-3 letters: gipper, grippe, nipper, peeing, pepper, pigpen, pinger, repine.
	-4 letters: genie, genip, genre, green, gripe, piper, preen, reign, renig, repeg, repin, ripen.
	-5 letters: eger, erne, gene, gien, girn, gree, grin, grip, neep, peen, peep, peer, pein, peri, perp, pier, pine, ping, pipe, pirn, pree, prep, prig, rein.
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