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

And of course, the star of the show is The Fat One, which is a monster footlong hot dog topped with roasted pork, pepperoni, chili beans, cheddar cheese sauce, red onion sauce, pop fries and chives on a soft bun. — Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

The typical just cheese or pepperoni toppings are on offer, but the menu has more out-of-the-box combos such as a chicken mushroom ranch, and a Hawaiian variation called the Island Remix. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

The famous combo pizza, which was a supreme-style pizza featuring toppings such as pepperoni, Italian sausage, red onions, mushrooms, bell peppers and black olives. — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Our go-tos are the classic pepperoni and the hot sausage with brown butter sage (divine, truly). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 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