peppering

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of pepper
2. noun A light sprinkling or spray, as with black pepper specks, bullets, or questions.

Similar words

black pepper peppercorn white pepper capsicum pelt capsicum pepper plant common pepper madagascar pepper piper nigrum spattering

Often followed by

the of his him her them their me it away

Word family

pepper peppered pepperer pepperers peppers