sauce
- noun
- /sɔs/
- Slang
- weak sauce
- got sauce
Examples
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That was like this secret sauce little just perfect bit of advice.
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Baby girl, I got all the sauce you can dream of.
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What is their secret sauce that they have that you don't yet have?
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That is the secret sauce in this new world and how to harness it.
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David started off a little weak, but he's got the sauce all right.
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At Stanford, we create our own intellectual secret sauce, combining tradition and reinvention.
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Well, that's, I mean, I think that's the, the, the secret sauce of happiness.
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His confidence and charm give him a lot of sauce at parties.
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She walked into the room with a new sauce that made everyone turn their heads.
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To succeed in this industry, you need to bring some real sauce to your presentations.
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A spicy red sauce made from ketchup, horseradish, and lemon juice, served with seafood
A creamy sauce made from melted cheese to pour over foods like pasta or vegetables
A sweet, smooth food made by cooking and mashing apples, often with sugar and spices
A spicy, often creamy liquid people make with Indian spices for meat, rice, or vegetables
A dark, tangy sauce made from vinegar and spices used to add savory flavor to food
A creamy white sauce with a sharp taste from grated horseradish root, often served with meat or fish
A cold creamy sauce made from mayonnaise, herbs, and mustard for seafood or salads
A rich Italian topping for pasta made with ground beef, tomatoes, and vegetables
- UK
A creamy white sauce made from bread and flavored with cloves and onion, served with chicken or turkey
A brown sauce made from fried onions, wine or vinegar, and parsley, served with meat
A savory dark sauce made from beef stock thickened with butter and flour and served with roast meat
A dark, salty sauce made with soy sauce and broth and used on Chinese dishes
- Specialized
A rich white sauce made from stock, thickened with egg yolks and cream and flavored with lemon juice
A liquid or paste used in Korean cooking that often contains soy, garlic, and chili
A brown sauce made with fried onions, parsley, and white wine, served with meat or vegetables
- UK
A sweet creamy mix of butter and sugar often flavored with brandy and served with warm pudding
A smooth sauce made from light broth, butter, fried onion, paprika, and cream, served with meat or vegetables
A rich creamy sauce made from lobster butter, cream, and egg yolks, flavored with sherry and served with seafood
- Specialized
A dark brown French mixture for meat made from browned vegetables, beef stock and tomatoes
- US
A creamy sauce of mayonnaise and cream with chopped green pepper and onion, flavored with chili, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon
A white creamy sauce that uses cream and butter made from shrimp, served with seafood
A sauce that tastes hot from spices for dipping food like chicken or dumplings
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sauce in slang for style or confidence can be remembered the same way you think of sauce on food: it adds flavour and makes things stand out. So someone's sauce is their special style or confident way of doing things that makes them noticeable.