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   Sauce

   /sôs/

   

   noun

   • 1. thick liquid served with food, usually savory dishes, to add moistness and flavor: "tomato sauce" Similar relishdressingcondimentketchupflavoringdipjuscoulis
   • ▪ stewed fruit, especially apples, eaten as dessert or used as a garnish. North American
   • 2. alcoholic drink: informal "she's been on the sauce for years" Similar alcoholliquoralcoholic drinkstrong drinkintoxicating drinkspiritsinformal:boozethe bottlethe hard stuffmother's milkhoochwallopsupjuicebellywashgrog
   • 3. impertinence: informal British "“None of your sauce,” said Aunt Edie" Similar impudenceimpertinencecheekcheekinesseffronteryirreverencesaucinesspertnessfreshnessflippancyinsolencerudenessdisrespectdisrespectfulnessfamiliaritypresumptionpresumptuousnessaudacityaudaciousnessboldnessbrazennessforwardnesscockinessshamelessnessinformal:mouthlipneckbrass necknervefacebackchatsnashsassinesssasschutzpahsmart mouthback talkarchaic:malapertnesscontumelyrare:procacityOpposite politenessrespectfulness

   verb

   • 1. provide a sauce for (something); season with a sauce: "the vegetables were deliciously spiced and sauced"
   • ▪ make more interesting and exciting: "there was no consolation in saucing his ambition with fantasies of wealth"
   • 2. be rude or impudent to (someone): informal "a boy had sauced a monitor who wanted his shoes shined"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin salsus ‘salted’, past participle of salere ‘to salt’, from sal ‘salt’. Compare with salad.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sauceless adjective

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