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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The company features iconic product names such as Heinz ketchup, Grey Poupon mustard, and a portfolio of hot sauces, dressings, and condiments. Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Jeremy Renner already appeared in the Knives Out universe before his Wake Up Dead Man casting by way of hot sauce. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025 For a sweet touch, each cutlet is tossed in a glaze made with honey, hot sauce, and Dijon mustard before it's finished with the cornflake-pecan mixture and baked. Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025 Mary Sue’s is still perfecting its Nashville hot sauce and mac and cheese. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot sauce

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

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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 11 Sep. 2025.

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