PEPPER-UPPER


Meaning of PEPPER-UPPER in English

/pep"euhr up"euhr/ , n. Informal.

1. something, as a food, beverage, or pill, that provides a quick but temporary period of energy and alertness.

2. something added to food to relieve blandness.

3. an experience that increases enthusiasm or zeal, as a pep talk.

Also, pepper upper .

[ 1935-40; pep up + -ER 1 , suffixed pleonastically to both v. and particle ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .