peppering

English

Verb

peppering

1. present participle and gerund of pepper

Noun

peppering (plural pepperings)

1. (literally, figuratively) A light sprinkling or spray, as with black pepper specks, bullets, or questions.
   • 1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 60, page 57:

     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.

Anagrams

• Pippenger