hot sauce

noun

plural hot sauces
: a pungent sauce that is made from hot peppers and is used especially as a condiment

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Try adding diced pickles, fresh herbs (dill is my favorite!), or a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce. Eat it like Bethenny does! Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025 Beckham is a cook, a hot sauce entrepreneur, and a photographer. Theresa Pichler, Glamour, 2 June 2025 The Hot Rabbi is finished with Brave honey habanero hot sauce. Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 Garnish with the parsley, if desired, and serve with the remaining syrup and hot sauce. Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot sauce

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot sauce was in 1704

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“Hot sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20sauce. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.

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