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Audio Help [pep] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, pepped, pep·ping. Informal.

–noun

1.	lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.

—Idiom

2.	pep up, to make or become spirited, vigorous, or lively; animate: We need something to pep up this party.

[Origin: 1840–50; short for pepper

]

—Related forms

pepful, adjective

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pep Audio Help   (pěp) Pronunciation Key
n.   Energy and high spirits; vim: "The duchess is full of pep, that particularly American word that expresses precisely her energy and gaiety" (Suzy Menkes).

tr.v.   pepped, pep·ping, peps
To bring energy or liveliness to; invigorate: The good news pepped him up.

[Short for pepper.]

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pep

"vigor, energy," 1912, shortened form of pepper, which was used in the figurative sense of "spirit, energy," from at least 1847. Peppy "full of pep," first recorded 1922. Pep rally is attested from 1945; pep talk from 1926.

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pep
noun
liveliness and energy; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep"

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pep [pep] noun

an informal word for energy
Example: full of pep

Arabic:	طاقَه، حَيَوِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	（俚）活力，精力
Chinese (Traditional):	(俚)活力，精力
Czech:	elán, pára
Danish:	pep
Dutch:	energie
Estonian:	särts
Finnish:	puhti
French:	entrain
German:	der Schwung
Greek:	σφρίγος
Hungarian:	energia
Icelandic:	orka
Indonesian:	tenaga
Italian:	energia, vigore

Japanese:	元気
Korean:	원기, 기력
Latvian:	enerģija, spars
Lithuanian:	smarka, žvalumas
Norwegian:	pepp, energi, futt
Polish:	werwa
Portuguese (Brazil):	animação
Portuguese (Portugal):	genica
Romanian:	vlagă, energie
Russian:	энергия
Slovak:	elán, verva
Slovenian:	živahnost
Spanish:	empuje, energía, vitalidad
Swedish:	fart, fräs, kläm
Turkish:	enerji