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pepperoni.

A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɛpəˈɹəʊni/Received-Pronunciation/pɛpəˈɹoʊni/General-American
  1. A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Pizza with only tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni toppings.

    countable · uncountable
    Yo, Tony, gimme a slice of pepperoni and a coke.
Where this word comes from

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

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