Definitions of pepper:

• noun:   sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
• noun:   pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
• noun:   climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
• noun:   any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
• verb:   add pepper to

  Example: "Pepper the soup"

• verb:   attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 16666 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2274)