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  • past tense form of sauce.
  • past participle of sauce.
Synonyms

sauced

American  
[sawst] / sɔst /

adjective

Slang.
  1. intoxicated; drunk.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of sauced

Probably blend of soused and sauce (in sense “liquor”)

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Ferrell said later that he was glad to be in the back row because it meant nobody behind him got sauced.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Cook, stirring often, until the shrimp are lightly sauced and opaque throughout.

From Washington Times Jul. 12, 2023

Taste a sauced noodle, and adjust the seasoning again if needed.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2023

Mile 11 of Interstate 55, in Memphis, was sauced up.

From New York Times Aug. 31, 2022

They roasted apples in the fire, but ate the pasty cold, and hunger sauced it better than the finest cook could have done.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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