hot pepper

noun

: any of various small and usually thin-walled capsicum fruits of marked pungency

also : a plant (especially a variant or cultivar of Capsicum annuum and C. frutescens) bearing hot peppers

Examples of hot pepper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is especially true with peas and green beans, green and hot peppers, cucumbers, squash, eggplants, and tomatoes. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 May 2026

Wrap everything in a slice of deli ham or turkey, and add a bowl of hot pepper jelly on the side for dipping. —Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026

Companion plants for cucumbers include arugula, banana peppers, broccoli, beans, carrots, tomatoes, hot peppers, and eggplant. —Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 28 May 2026

Spicy foods like sriracha and hot peppers are common acid reflux triggers and have been proven to worsen GERD symptoms. —Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 21 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hot pepper

• leper
• lepper
• stepper

Kids Definition

hot pepper

noun

1

: an often thin-walled and small pepper with a sharp or biting taste

2

: a pepper plant of the nightshade family that bears hot peppers