hot sauce

[hot saws]

noun

1. any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of chile pepper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot sauce¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

There are fermented hot sauces and a blue fermented pickle juice-lemonade hybrid meant to be downed by the shot.

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One of those stakes was in Cholula hot sauce, and he made multiples on his initial investment when the company sold to McCormick & Co.

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A Buffalo Chicken pizza with housemade hot sauce, breaded chicken, mozzarella and ricotta is as experimental as he gets.

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Play with contrasts: drizzle ranch, shake hot sauce or brown-sugary barbecue.

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You can buy single-serve bags of Frito’s or Doritos at your local store and people at your tailgate can customize their chips with whatever toppings they want, like shredded cheese, tomato, lettuce or hot sauce.

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