pepperoni
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 9
/pɛpəˈɹəʊni/
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/pɛpəˈɹəʊni/ · /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/
Definition of pepperoni
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.
“He gave the dog a treat — a dried up skinny, turdy looking, pepperoni sausage.”
“She and her two best friends are choreographing a number for the talent show; she’s applied to California Institute of the Arts; and she flirts unabashedly with a cute pizza server. (The better to land a couple of extra pepperonis on her slice without an upcharge.)”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.
“He gave the dog a treat — a dried up skinny, turdy looking, pepperoni sausage.”
“She and her two best friends are choreographing a number for the talent show; she’s applied to California Institute of the Arts; and she flirts unabashedly with a cute pizza server. (The better to land a couple of extra pepperonis on her slice without an upcharge.)”
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(countable, uncountable)Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.
“Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.”
“There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”).
Words you can make from pepperoni
105 playable · top: PEPPIER (13 pts)
Best play peppier 13 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
6 words6-letter words
10 words5-letter words
11 words4-letter words
35 words- PEEP 8 pts
- PEPO 8 pts
- PERP 8 pts
- PIPE 8 pts
- POPE 8 pts
- PREP 8 pts
- PROP 8 pts
- REPP 8 pts
- NEEP 6 pts
- NOPE 6 pts
- OPEN 6 pts
- PEEN 6 pts
- PEER 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PEON 6 pts
- PERE 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PION 6 pts
- PIRN 6 pts
- PONE 6 pts
- PORE 6 pts
- PORN 6 pts
- PREE 6 pts
- REPO 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- ROPE 6 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- INRO 4 pts
- IRON 4 pts
- NOIR 4 pts
- NORI 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
- RENO 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
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