bepepper|bɪˈpɛpə(r)| [f. be- 1 + pepper v.] trans. To pelt with shot, sand, etc.; or with blows thickly falling. 1613Rowlands Four Knaves (1843) 52 He is be-peper'd over head and eares.1760Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) VIII. v. 112 Grinding the faces of the impotent,—bepeppering their noses.