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 I.  noun 
 Etymology: Middle English peper, from Old English pipor, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi Date: before 12th century 
 
 1. either of two pungent products from the fruit of an Indian plant ( Piper nigrum ) that are used chiefly as condiments:,  black pepper  ,  white pepper  , any of several products similar to pepper that are obtained from plants of the same genus , any of various pungent condiments of plants unrelated to the pepper , any of a genus ( Piper of the family Piperaceae, the pepper family) of tropical mostly jointed climbing shrubs with aromatic leaves, 
 
 3.  capsicum  1a, the hollow fruit of a pepper that is usually red or yellow when ripe, pepper  adjective 
 
 II. transitive  verb (peppered; peppering)
 Date: circa 1500
 to hit with or as if with rapid repeated blows, 
 
 2. to sprinkle or season with pepper, to shower with or as if with shot or other missiles, to sprinkle or cover as if with pepper , pepperer  noun 
 
 III.  noun 
 Etymology: probably from 2pep + 2-er
 Date: 1943
 a baseball practice or warm-up game in which usually several fielders toss the ball a short distance to a single batter who hits it back

 pepper mill 
  noun 
 Date: 1739
 a hand mill for grinding peppercorns

 pepper pot 
  noun 
 Date: 1679
  pepperbox  1, 
 
 2. a highly seasoned West Indian stew of vegetables and meat or fish, a thick soup of tripe, meat, dumplings, and vegetables highly seasoned especially with crushed peppercorns

 pepper shaker 
  noun 
 Date: 1895
 a container with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper

 pepper spray 
  noun 
 Date: 1989
 a temporarily disabling aerosol that is composed partly of capsicum oleoresin and causes irritation and blinding of the eyes and inflammation of the nose, throat, and skin