Definition of "pepperoni" [pep•per•o•ni]

• A highly spiced pork and beef sausage. (noun)
• A slice of this type of sausage. (noun)

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• "Worked out great, because pepperoni is one of my favorite toppings."
• "Oh, and pepperoni is good, but I am partial to mushroom, green pepper and sausage as well."
• "After this non-stop day where he seemed particularly hell bent on making a mess of my house, the figures have been joined by a small red Hot Wheels Corvette race car parked next to one of the sheep, a half-drunk bottle of blue Gatorade, standing quite close to Joseph and a stray piece of pepperoni from the pizza we ordered tonight within spitting distance of the baby Jesus."