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

And Wednesday—no judgment—cold leftover rotisserie chicken and hot sauce. — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Hundreds of bottles of hot sauce and meat rubs line the exterior walls. — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Soy sauce keeps it savory, while plenty of hot sauce and cayenne pepper bring the heat. — Craig Ruff, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

The first is pique, a sharp, vinegary hot sauce that throbs with the heat of Thai chiles. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 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