pep in one's step
A confident, happy, energetic or enthusiastic mood or manner.
Near-synonyms: pep, peppiness, spring in one's step, perkiness, spryness, get-up-and-go
pep
/pɛp/
noun 6verb 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
last, lay, little, loud
VERB + PEP
gave, give, go, put
PEP + NOUN
mary, pills, woman, yourself
PREP.
in, off, on, up
Definitions
verb
1
To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.
noun
1
Energy, high spirits.
She was particularly pleased with the wine, which at not infrequent intervals she tasted. Beyond all doubt it promised to be of vintage quality. Clearly the long hot summer had put more than a little pep into the berries.
noun
1
Initialism of post-exposure prophylaxis.
2
Initialism of personal equity plan (a former financial instrument).
3
Initialism of politically exposed person.
“To set the record straight: No Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were redacted from today’s released Epstein documents. All references to PEPs were disclosed in full. Do you not see Clinton’s face??” a justice department media relations account said on X.
4
Initialism of phosphoenolpyruvate.
5
Initialism of Python enhancement proposal.
PEPs are design documents that provide information to the Python community, describing new features (or proposed new features) for Python, its processes, or its environment.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — liveliness and energy
- peppiness
- ginger
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.
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She was particularly pleased with the wine, which at not infrequent intervals she tasted. Beyond all doubt it promised to be of vintage quality. Clearly the long hot summer had put more than a little
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“To set the record straight: No Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) were redacted from today’s released Epstein documents. All references to PEPs were disclosed in full. Do you not see Clinton’s face??
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PEPs are design documents that provide information to the Python community, describing new features (or proposed new features) for Python, its processes, or its environment.
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Come a survey like last week’s PEP report on the extent of race prejudice, and another such wave looks like jogging the Government into introducing legislation dealing with housing and employment.
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When is the pep rally?
Tatoeba · #273978Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, pep is marked as informal, UK, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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