pepper up (English, verb)
expansion: pepper up (third-person singular simple present peppers up, present participle peppering up, simple past and past participle peppered up)
Senses:
glosses: To increase in energy; to excite (someone).
tags: intransitive
slang
transitive
glosses: To add pepper (black pepper or chilis) to (food); to spice up (food).
tags: informal
transitive
Forms:
form: peppers up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: peppering up
tags: participle
present
form: peppered up
tags: participle
past
form: peppered up
tags: past