pepperoni

noun

pep·​per·​o·​ni ˌpe-pə-ˈrō-nē 

: a highly seasoned beef and pork sausage

Examples of pepperoni in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These items included sausage pizza, mushroom pizza and pepperoni calzone. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

Gooey mozzarella, crispy pepperoni cups holding little pools of grease, herby Italian sausage. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026

The surprising combination of pasta, pepperoni slices, olives, and bell peppers dressed in a zingy Italian vinaigrette. — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 2 July 2026

With just four extra ingredients, Caesar salad mix becomes a hearty pasta and pepperoni salad the whole family will love. — Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pepperoni

• abalone
• acrimony
• alimony
• antimony
• ceremony
• chalcedony
• cicerone
• cosmogony
• eurozone
• lithopone
• macaroni
• matrimony

Kids Definition

pepperoni

noun

pep·​per·​o·​ni ˌpep-ə-ˈrō-nē 

: a highly seasoned beef and pork sausage