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pep

  [pep] noun, verb, pepped, pep⋅ping. Informal.
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–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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: PEP
Function: abbreviation
phosphoenolpyruvate
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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