peppering
Showering with bits
Peppering is the act of showering or sprinkling something repeatedly, like pepper from a shaker.
Gunfire peppers a target with bullets.
A reporter peppers a politician with questions.
Freckles pepper a face.
The word suggests rapid, scattered distribution across a surface or sustained bombardment: The comedian kept peppering the audience with one-liners.
Adding small marks
- specklingScattering small marks
- fleckingMarking with specks
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- spottingPerceiving or identifying visually
freckling · studding · dappling · spattering · interspersing · dispersing · distributing · strewing
Sustained, overwhelming attack
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
- salvoSimultaneous weapons discharge
- fusilladeRapid series of shots
- onslaughtFierce, overwhelming assault
assault · shelling · strafing · riddling · pelting · showering · hammering · pummeling
Cooking on metal grates
- bombardingAttacking continuously with missiles
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- interrogatingFormally demanding answers
- probingThoroughly investigating something
pressing · quizzing · rapid-fire · badgering · cross-examining · hammering · pelting · machine-gunning
Interlacing cords through holes
- punctuatingAdding grammatical marks
- studdingAffixing decorative fasteners
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
- sprinklingSmall scattered amount
salting · weaving · threading · mixing · infusing · intermingling · blending · incorporating
dotting
Adding small marks
spotting · freckling · studding · dappling · spattering · interspersing · dispersing · distributing · strewing · sprinkling
barrage
Sustained, overwhelming attack
onslaught · assault · shelling · strafing · riddling · pelting · showering · hammering · pummeling · blitzing
grilling
Cooking on metal grates
- bombardingAttacking continuously with missiles
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- interrogatingFormally demanding answers
probing · pressing · quizzing · rapid-fire · badgering · cross-examining · hammering · pelting · machine-gunning · barraging
lacing
Interlacing cords through holes
- punctuatingAdding grammatical marks
- studdingAffixing decorative fasteners
- scatteringDistribution in many directions
sprinkling · salting · weaving · threading · mixing · infusing · intermingling · blending · incorporating · distributing
spicing
Adding aromatic ingredients
sprinkling · garlic · cumin · paprika · cayenne · chili · curry · herbs · grinding · crusting
pepperingconcentrating
Directing mental effort narrowly
coating · blanketing · saturating · flooding · dousing
pepperingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
sparing · giving space · backing off · relenting · easing up
pepperingsparing
Using resources minimally
withholding · ceasing · halting · pausing · neglecting