sauce
noun
[ sɔːs ]
• a liquid or semi-liquid substance served with food to add moistness and flavour.
• "tomato sauce"
• alcoholic drink.
• "she's been on the sauce for years"
Similar:
alcohol,
liquor,
alcoholic drink,
strong drink,
intoxicating drink,
spirits,
booze,
the bottle,
the hard stuff,
mother's milk,
hooch,
wallop,
sup,
juice,
grog,
• impertinence; cheek.
• "‘None of your sauce,’ said Aunt Edie"
Similar:
impudence,
impertinence,
cheek,
cheekiness,
effrontery,
irreverence,
sauciness,
pertness,
freshness,
flippancy,
insolence,
rudeness,
disrespect,
disrespectfulness,
familiarity,
presumption,
presumptuousness,
audacity,
audaciousness,
boldness,
brazenness,
forwardness,
cockiness,
shamelessness,
mouth,
lip,
neck,
brass neck,
nerve,
face,
backchat,
snash,
sassiness,
sass,
chutzpah,
smart mouth,
back talk,
malapertness,
contumely,
procacity,
sauce
verb
• provide a sauce for (something); season with a sauce.
• "the vegetables were deliciously spiced and sauced"
• be rude or impudent to (someone).
• "a boy had sauced a monitor who wanted his shoes shined"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin salsus ‘salted’, past participle of salere ‘to salt’, from sal ‘salt’. Compare with salad.
