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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Just look at snippets of Bad Rudi’s conversation with NBC News, in which the character advocated for stealing a yacht, overthrowing the pope and spiking a town’s water supply with hot sauce and glitter.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 16 July 2025
The Pork-a-palooza pie, which Palmieri bills as a New York-style pizza, comes with spicy pepperoni and sausage, which is then drizzled with hot sauce.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
The oysters came served with hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce to doctor up as desired.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
Topped with white garlic sauce and green jalapeño hot sauce.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 16 July 2025
The Pork-a-palooza pie, which Palmieri bills as a New York-style pizza, comes with spicy pepperoni and sausage, which is then drizzled with hot sauce.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
The oysters came served with hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce to doctor up as desired.
—Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
Topped with white garlic sauce and green jalapeño hot sauce.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
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“Hot sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20sauce. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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