pepn.1
/pɛp/, U.S. /pɛp/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
Energy and high spirits; liveliness, vigour, power.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun]
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toe1963
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stank1997
1908 Washington Post 9 Aug. (Mag. section) 8/7 Mighty little pep in the Giants' game today.
1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 July 9/4 (advt.) This newest Overland Four has more power, pep, punch, and speed than any other low priced..car.
1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xv. 187 That seems to be all the poor fish is able to do, dash it. He can chafe all right, but there he stops. He's lost his pep. He's got no dash.
1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xi. 51 And came back with no pep in him.
1948 Life 6 Sept. 100/1 (advt.) This 2 1/2 horsepower Whizzer has Pep, believe me.
2003 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 1 May a18 He was talking about the decision to retire, when at 73 he's still full of pep.
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pep rally n. U.S. a meeting or gathering held before a sporting event to express support and inspire enthusiasm for a particular team (also in extended use).
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1915 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 17 Mar. 12/3 A ‘pep’ rally for the debate will be held in the chapel by the J.M.U. students on Thursday or Friday morning.
1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 15 Feb. 3- b/1 University of South Carolina cheerleaders will conduct a pre-game pep rally in Carolina Coliseum Saturday.
1995 New Yorker 4 Sept. 31/2 A series of developers' presentations, delivered by pep-rally techies wearing deep-blue polo shirts with the Microsoft logo.
pep speech n. = pep talk n.
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1912 Coe College Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 18 Nov. 3/2 In the absence of our regular college orator Prof. Hickock was called upon to make a little pep speech.
1946 D. Hamson We fell among Greeks vi. 73 I thought of all the ‘pep’ speeches we would have to deliver.
2000 Observer 18 June (Life Suppl.) 8/1 Solomon admitted as much in his San Diego pep-speech.
pep squad n. U.S. colloquial a team of people who perform organized chanting and cheering in support of a (school) sports team; spec. a squad of cheerleaders (also in extended use).
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1916 Sigma Chi Q. May 431 We have practiced preparedness to the extent of organizing a pep squad.
1935 N.Y. Times 6 Apr. 19/5 ‘We won't look like the House of David football team now,’ chortled a member of the Ruf-Neks, pep squad whose members during the football season shave only when the Sooners win.
1996 D. Reston in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Script Bk. (2000) 1st Season I. 162 Really, if I had the power of the black mass I'd set my sights a little higher than making the pep squad.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
PEPn.2
/pɛp/, U.S. /pɛp/ Post-exposure prophylaxis. Cf. PrEP n.4
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1981 CDC Vet. Public Health Notes 56 A provisional total of 1,964 persons were reported to have received postexposure rabies prophylaxis (PEP).
2006 ‘T. Reynolds’ Blood, Sweat & Tea (2009) 28 I then went through the rigmarole of having blood taken, then I asked to be put on PEP, which the charge nurse agreed I should be put on.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
PEPn.3
/pɛp/, U.S. /pɛp/ Personal equity plan, an investment scheme intended to extend share-ownership in Britain, whereby investors may acquire shares (up to a given value) in British companies without liability for tax on dividends or capital gains.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > other investment funds
investment fund1784
investment vehicle1920
I.R.A.1921
no-load1963
hedge fund1966
swap fund1966
offshore fund1969
roll-up fund1983
tokkin1985
PEP1986
rolled-up1987
1986 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. 1/6 PEPs are more flexible than pension arrangements.
1998 Australian 6 Feb. 32/4 Richard Branson's Virgin airline group is given credit for driving down the fee structure on PEPs—personal equity plans—a form of tax-advantaged savings.
2000 Which? Tax Saving Guide 23/1 You can no longer open a new Pep or Tessa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pepv.1
/pɛp/, U.S. /pɛp/ colloquial. Originally U.S.
1. intransitive. With up. To charge up one's energy, to become lively; to cheer up, to perk up.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > be cheerful [verb (intransitive)] > become cheerful or cheer up
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to come around1853
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pep1910
to lighten up1911
1910 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Sunday Leader 12 June 5/2 Darby wended a melancholy way to the bench. Poor Darb. He pepped up later in the battle.
1923 J. Colton & C. Randolph Rain i. 56 No, you sure don't need hootch to pep up.
1936 J. H. Crummey Surv. Distance Running (M.Sc. thesis, Univ. of Wisconsin) 18 I hadn't allowed myself to get pepped up to any superhuman attempts which the coach seemed to be egging me on to.
1978 Maledicta 2 287 You can pep up by looking at the photograph of the neato Indian actress Madhur Jaffrey.
1990 L. Smith Intensive Care in S. Ravenel New Stories from South (1991) 35 She peps right up ever time he comes in, like they are going on a date or something.
2005 J. L. Dames Pushing up Daisies vii. 70 She looked at her watch and pepped up as she did every day around closing time.
2. transitive. With up. To fill or inspire with liveliness or vigour; to restore energy or enthusiasm in (a person); to invigorate, stimulate, cheer up. Also in extended use.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]
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hep1948
to zing up1948
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > make vigorous or energetic
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1912 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Daily Republican 1 Nov. 5/3 Since last Saturday the Tiger line has been ‘pepped’ up considerably by some consistent practice under Coach O'Brien.
1923 J. J. McGraw My Thirty Years in Baseball xvii. 96 It peps them up to find that a manager twice their age is always on the ground ahead of them.
1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline vi. 202 Keep it vivid. Pep it up with a bit o' farce.
1945 Life 5 Nov. 87 A ‘hot rod’..is an automobile stripped for speed and pepped up for power until it can travel 90 to 125 mph. Most hot rods are roadsters.
1967 N. Freeling Strike Out 71 You're looking a bit peaked, old chap... Have a drink to pep you up.
1992 N.Y. Times 17 Aug. a9/1 Bush has got to come down here and announce some measures that are going to pep up the economy.
2003 M. Greenwood-Robinson 20/20 Thinking i. 19 Water peps up your mental performance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
PEPv.2
/pɛp/, U.S. /pɛp/ British. Finance.
transitive. To invest (a trust, fund, shares, etc.) in a personal equity plan; to convert (an investment) into a personal equity plan.
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1990 Financial Times (Nexis) 7 Apr. (Weekend FT section) p. iv There are considerable advantages in ‘pepping’ shares in a company, where you are keen to remain as a shareholder, since the cost is normally relatively low and the benefits are tax free.
1994 Which? Oct. 27/2 If you already own shares which you want to be ‘PEPed’, you have to ‘bed-and-PEP’ them.
1997 Guardian 12 July (Jobs & Money section) 5/2 Tomorrow is the last opportunity for Halifax shareholders to Pep their windfall shares, thus side-stepping any potential tax bill.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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PEP n. Radio and Television peak envelope power (of a transmitter or signal).
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1956 Proc. IRE 44 1710/1 For a 0·5 watt SSB signal (1w PEP) there is 0·095 watt in the AM component.
1971 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) iii. vii. 23 Peak envelope power; P.E.P. of a radio transmitter. The power supplied to the aerial transmission line or specified artificial load by a transmitter during one radio frequency cycle at the highest crest of the modulation envelope, taken under conditions of normal operation.
1982 Giant Bk. Electronics Projects vii. 288 My TV is only a mere ten feet from the antenna and I run a 200 watts PEP.
PEP
PEP n. Political and Economic Planning.
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1933 Planning vi. 15 They began more than two years ago to study..the possibilities of renewing friction in..industry, agriculture, finance, the social services... The PEP budget..is raised entirely from among those interested in the work.
1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man xi. 233 It [sc. group work] is far more necessary in social science, where various bodies, such as P.E.P., are studying how to perfect it as a research method.
1982 Policy Rev. (Nexis) Spring 115 The Swedish model..drew the admiring attention of two left-leaning think tanks—the New Fabian Research Bureau and P.E.P. (Political and Economic Planning).
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