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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Egg on a Roll The Brisket Firecracker is a breakfast sandwich with an egg soufflé, pepper jack cheese, smoked brisket and an elote sauce with Cry Baby Craig’s hot sauce. Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Jan. 2026 Absolut vodka has teamed up with Louisiana’s own Tabasco brand hot sauce for a spicy new twist on vodka. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026 Just after his mother, Victoria Beckham, posted a social media recap highlighting a family trip to Paris, the 26-year-old Cloud 23 hot sauce CEO shared one of his own with himself and the Lola actress, 31. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026 To make a super creamy sandwich with a kick, don’t forget to ask for their silky tahini and spicy schug (a Yemenite hot sauce). Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026 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 31 Jan. 2026.

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