tabasco

1 6.2

A long thin red pepper that is very hot and makes food spicy

noun
/təˈbæskoʊ/

: tabasco

He poured a few drops of tabasco into the soup to make it spicier.

Then we have over here, this is the this is the Tabasco pepper.

Examples

Somebody went a little heavy on the tabasco.

Elvira's Haunted Hills (2002)
And then a little tabasco.

National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)
Tomato juice with tabasco?

The Limey (1999)
I like to add tabasco sauce to my pizza for an extra kick.
When making chili, I always include tabasco to enhance the flavor.

Synonyms

chili

vstabasco

98 1.5

A small hot pepper with a pointed shape that adds spice to food

is longer and thinner and often cultivated for sauces rather than general use

red pepper

vstabasco

11 2.0

A long hot chili used fresh or dried to add spice to food

is the same shape and heat but often noted for sauce use

hot pepper

vstabasco

9 2.0

A spicy red or green pepper used to add heat to food

is a particular long thin, very hot red type within that broad group

chili pepper

vstabasco

9 1.0

A small red or green pod that makes food hot

is larger and longer rather than a small rounded pod

cayenne

vstabasco

8 4.2

A long hot red pepper used to add heat in cooking

is similar but emphasizes extra thinness and common use in sauces

chilly

vstabasco

Indian

5 9.3

A small hot pepper used to make food spicy

refers to the same long thin, very hot red type used in sauces

habanero

vstabasco

4 4.9

A small very hot chili pepper that makes food spicy

is longer and thinner and typically used specifically in hot sauces

serrano

vstabasco

1 3.5

A small hot pepper often used in Mexican cooking

is a longer thin red pepper rather than a small regional variety

tabasco pepper

vstabasco

Specialized

4.8

A small very hot red chili that people use to make hot sauce

is the general long thin very hot red pepper often used in sauces

Antonyms

sweet pepper

1 1.5

A large mild fruit often eaten as a vegetable with thick walls and a bell shape

Compounds

Tabasco sauce

1 2.8

A hot sauce that uses aged red peppers and vinegar

tabasco pepper

Specialized

4.8

A small very hot red chili that people use to make hot sauce

tabasco plant

Specialized

6.8

A plant that grows red hot peppers used for hot sauce

How Hot

habanero

4 4.9

tabasco

1 6.2

cayenne

8 4.1

jalapeno

16 4.0

bell pepper

21 1.6

Surface Forms

tabasco singular

tabascos plural

Etymology

Tabasco comes from the name of the Mexican state Tabasco, and probably from a local native word for that region. Because the very hot peppers and the spicy sauce were first made there, tabasco now names the hot red pepper or the sauce made from it.