Crossword clues for peppering
peppering
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peppering
Peppering \Pep"per*ing\, a.
Hot; pungent; peppery.
--Swift.
Peppering
Pepper \Pep"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peppered; p. pr. & vb. n. Peppering.]
To sprinkle or season with pepper.
Figuratively: To shower shot or other missiles, or blows, upon; to pelt; to fill with shot, or cover with bruises or wounds. ``I have peppered two of them.'' ``I am peppered, I warrant, for this world.''
--Shak.
Wiktionary
peppering
n. A light spray, as of bullets. vb. (present participle of pepper English)
Usage examples of "peppering".
Someone inside pulled his shit together and the small Kagi guns in the defensive ring began peppering us with blue blazes.
But Alistair Drummond was doing all right, peppering me from the shelter of the mine entrance.