hot sauce

noun

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

Examples of hot sauce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Gumbo: Louisiana-style hot sauce is simply always an essential ingredient. Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024 Caribbean jerk-style hot sauce Make this jerk-style hot sauce and keep it on hand for any dish that might benefit from a boost of spice courtesy of Scotch bonnet or habanero peppers. Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024 Beetlejuice guzzles hot sauce and insults Michael Keaton in spicy Hot Ones parody Keaton - Keaton Douglas, rather - isn't the only A-lister to express their desire for a name change. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024 What: This dip combines shredded chicken, hot sauce, ranch dressing, and cheese, bringing all the beloved flavors of Buffalo wings into a creamy, dippable format. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hot sauce 

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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 1 Oct. 2024.

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