Pepperoni

//pɛpəˈɹəʊni// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper. countable, uncountable

    "He gave the dog a treat — a dried up skinny, turdy looking, pepperoni sausage."

  2. 2
    a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage) wordnet
  3. 3
    Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings. countable, uncountable

    "Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke."

Example

More examples

"I don't understand why pepperoni pizza is so popular."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian peperoni (“bell peppers”), the plural of peperone (“bell pepper”).

Related phrases

pepperoni nipplepepperoni roll

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