pepper-upper

pepper-upper
/pep"euhr up"euhr/, n. Informal.
1. something, as a food, beverage, or pill, that provides a quick but temporary period of energy and alertness.
2. something added to food to relieve blandness.
3. an experience that increases enthusiasm or zeal, as a pep talk.
Also, pepper upper.
[1935-40; pep up + -ER1, suffixed pleonastically to both v. and particle]

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