Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Energy and high spirits; vim: "The duchess is full of pep, that particularly American word that expresses precisely her energy and gaiety” ( Suzy Menkes).
- v. To bring energy or liveliness to; invigorate: The good news pepped him up.
Wiktionary
- v. To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
- n. Energy, high spirits.
WordNet 3.0
- n. liveliness and energy
Etymologies
- Abbreviation of pepper ("spice") (Wiktionary)
- Short for pepper. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Cosby believes that shouldn't define the school and so he's leading what he calls a pep rally tonight.”
“Maybe they'll use her to get people men to show-up to McCain pep rally's.”
“The conference, part midterm pep rally, part starting-gun for 2012 jockeying, was marked by a predictable mixture of bombast and contrition.”
“You mustn't _hate_ the enemy -- that wastes a lot of "pep" --”
“For about twenty minutes Rowley gave what could only be called a pep talk.”
“BASH: At the closed door meeting described as a pep rally atmosphere with a standing room only crowd, the president tried to talk up the economy and Iraq but warned things could look worse after the June 30th handover.”
“You jest set right here in your chair till I come back, an 'I'll bring you a good parcel o' pep'-mints.”
“Summing up the 2,561-word pep talk - where Google and Apple are hailed as the new iconic American brands, taking the place of Chevrolet and McDonald's (you pick which is which), the journalists conclude:”
“Paterson and his administration are seeking to regroup Friday in what one official described as pep talks.”
“To anyone who's depressed about the state of literary culture these days, Dennis Johnson would like to offer a three-word pep talk:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pep’.
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Palindromes
tenet, �?ΙΨΟ�? Α�?ΟΜΗΜΑΤ..., rotator, kayak, tattarrattat, detartrated, racecar, level, step on no pets, fall leaves after..., level, madam, level!, reviver and 108 more...
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goodkitten's list
there is going to be a lot of words...
flammivomous, pep, electrolyzation, research, constrain, why, refrigerator, invisible, windblown, curate's egg, echoism, drumble and 103 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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WF - palindromes
alula, anna, bib, bob, civic, dad, deed, dud, DVD, eve, ewe, eye and 91 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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position (dynamic)
( descriptive )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/static
even more:
charismatic, lively, animated, shifting, permeate, wobble, shimmer, sparkle, flex, pizzazz, chaos, fractal and 40 more... -
Energetic
braze, raze, brisance, brisant, rive, catalyze, whipsaw, crack, actinic, sublimate, animate, vitalize and 88 more...
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Is it morning yet?
coterie, lexeme, counterbalance, forthright, pigtail, ponytail, french-braid, barrette, listless, counsel, sitting duck, dead duck and 268 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
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Mobile Microsite
Words for marketing mobile emails to email marketers.
incandescence, bolt, dart, pealing, akimbo, critical, get focused, zoom in, concentrate, zonk out, freak out, freebee and 99 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1687 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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Least Favorite Words
blog, painterly, choicest, evildoer, perpetrator, murmur, gab, schmooze, macerate, feeble, lusty, boobs and 72 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pep.

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