pep

See also: PEP, Pep, pép, and pèp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology

Abbreviation of pepper (“spice”)

Verb

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 (band), Insomnia (song)

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

Derived terms

• pep up

Translations

To inject with energy and enthusiasm

• French: énergiser (fr), ravigoter (fr), revigorer (fr)

• Swedish: peppa (sv)

Noun

pep (countable and uncountable, plural peps)

1. Energy, high spirits.

Synonyms

• energy, high spirits, vim

Derived terms

• pep talk

Translations

energy and enthusiasm

• French: pep (fr) m, peps (fr) m, tonus (fr) m, punch (fr) m, entrain (fr) m
• Polish: energia (pl) f, wigor (pl) m

• Russian: эне́ргия (ru) (enérgija), прыть (ru) (prytʹ)
• Swedish: pepp (sv) n

Anagrams

• EPP, PPE

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English pep.

Noun

pep c (uncountable)

1. (slang) the drug speed

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Swedish

Verb

pep

1. past tense of pipa.

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Noun

pep (uncountable peps)

1. pepper (spice)

Declension

    declension of pep

	singular
nominative	pep
genitive	pepa
dative	pepe
accusative	pepi
predicative	pepu
vocative	o pep!