ˈkæpsɪkəm ˈpɛpə ˈpɛpɚ ˈpɛpə ˈpɛpɚ ˈpɛpəkɔːn ˈpɛpɚkɔɹn attack and bombard with or as if with missiles pelt the speaker with questions add pepper to pepper the soup sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam