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

The contents were covered in feces, urine, hot sauce, ketchup and other fluids. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

In high school, a friend brought Carolina Reaper hot sauce to campus. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026

Add garlic, hot sauce, and black pepper; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant and hot sauce is almost evaporated, about 1 minute. — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

Feel free to mix up the heat level of the barbecue sandwiches with some jalapeño peppers or an extra dose of hot sauce. — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hot sauce

• across
• backcross
• crisscross
• lacrosse
• recross
• tomas
• albatross
• applesauce
• barabbas
• helios
• kshatriyas
• menelaus