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pep^¹

/pɛp/

Rhymes with -ɛp

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Abbreviation of pepper (“spice”).

verb peps · pepping · pepped

informal, transitive To inject with energy and enthusiasm. At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.

noun peps

countable, informal, uncountable Energy, 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.
Similar: energy, high spirits, vim

PEP^²

noun PEPs

abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of post-exposure prophylaxis
UK, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal equity plan (a former financial instrument).
UK, abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of politically exposed person “To set the record straight: No Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were redacted from today’s released Epstein documents. All references to PEPs were disclosed in full. Do you not see Clinton’s face??” a justice department media relations account said on X.
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of phosphoenolpyruvate
abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of Python enhancement proposal PEPs are design documents that provide information to the Python community, describing new features (or proposed new features) for Python, its processes, or its environment.

proper noun

UK, abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of Political and Economic Planning, a British policy think tank. Come a survey like last week’s PEP report on the extent of race prejudice, and another such wave looks like jogging the Government into introducing legislation dealing with housing and employment.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: peppiness, ginger, vim, vigor, verve, vitality, oomph, energy, animation, zip, zing, bounce, punch, program, pulse, programme

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verb to inject with energy and enthusiasm

中文	激励 jīlì
Français	énergiser, ravigoter, revigorer
Deutsch	aufpeppen

noun energy and enthusiasm

中文	活力 huólì, 热情 rèqíng
Français	pep, peps, tonus, punch, entrain
Deutsch	Enthusiasmus, Elan, Faszination, Begeisterung, Pep, Schwung
Русский	эне́ргия enérgija, прыть prytʹ

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@misc{pep_2026,
  title = {pep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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