Definition of "sauce" in English

noun

1. A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.

   • apple sauce; mint sauce

2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India) Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:

   • [meat] pie and [tomato] sauce

3. (slang, usually “the”) Alcohol, booze.

   • Maybe you should lay off the sauce.

4. (slang, usually “the”) Vitality; capability or talent.

   • It's over for that guy. He lost the sauce.

5. (bodybuilding) Anabolic steroids.

6. (art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.

7. (dated) Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.

8. (US, obsolete slang, 1800s) Vegetables.

9. (obsolete, UK, US, dialect) Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.

verb

1. To add sauce to; to season.

2. To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.

3. To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.

4. (colloquial) To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.

5. (slang) To send or hand over.

noun

1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of source, often used when requesting the source of an image or other posted material.