hot pepper

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noun
  1. any of variously shaped pungent peppers of the genus Capsicum, containing large amounts of capsaicin and usually having thin walls.

  2. a plant bearing such a pepper.

Origin of hot pepper

1
First recorded in 1940–45

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How to use hot pepper in a sentence

  • The contorni include things like a side of olive oil and long-cooked greens with garlic and hot pepper.

    Fresh Picks | Mollie Katzen | October 13, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • In vain the Goodwife tried to cure him with a dose of hot pepper tea.

    The Puritan Twins | Lucy Fitch Perkins
  • There was chicken with a nice hot pepper sauce and rice and all kinds of vegetables and melons and dates and oranges.

  • They pushed off, scrambling into the boat, and we sent more silent, hot pepper after the legs that dallied.

    The Voodoo Gold Trail | Walter Walden
  • After downing the red-hot pepper sauce, Nancy felt a little better, but hid her face in her pillow and refused to move.

  • He got me down on the floor, and rubbed a hot pepper on my mouth, and tried to make me eat it.

    Oscar | Walter Aimwell

British Dictionary definitions for hot pepper

hot pepper

noun
  1. any of several varieties of the pepper Capsicum frutescens, esp chilli pepper

  2. the pungent usually small fruit of any of these plants

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