pep

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See also: PEP, Pep, pép, pèp, and pęp

English

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of pepper (spice)

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pep (third-person singular simple present peps, present participle pepping, simple past and past participle pepped)

  1. (transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
    • 1995, Faithless (lyrics and music), “Insomnia”:
      At least a couple of weeks since I last slept,
      Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.

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pep (countable and uncountable, plural peps)

  1. Energy, high spirits.
    • 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren:
      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.

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  • German: Pep

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pep.

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pep c (uncountable)

  1. (slang) the drug speed
    Synonym: speed

Kombio

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pep

  1. water
    Pep apm al-el ka nipel yatip.
    The water I drank was very bitter.

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  • Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).

Swedish

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pep

  1. past indicative of pipa

Volapük

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pep (uncountable peps)

  1. pepper (spice)

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