peppering

peppering

English

Verb

peppering

1. present participle of pepper

Noun

peppering (plural pepperings)

1. A light spray, as of bullets.
   • 1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist (volume 60, page 57)

     Besides, the advantage sought is but a cowardly advantage; for when all is said, the pepperings from the small shot of female eloquence are great only to little men.

Anagrams

• Pippenger