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pep

verbnounattested in dialogue

  • //pɛp//

To inject with energy and enthusiasm.

verb

  1. 1

    informalTo inject with energy and enthusiasm.

    At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.

Etymology

Abbreviation of pepper (“spice”).

noun

  1. 1

    informalEnergy, high spirits.

    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.

Forms

plural
peps
past tense
pepped
past participle
pepped
present participle
pepping
third person singular
peps
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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