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to soss

to soss

9.9
To put sauce on food
  • verb
  • UK
translation icon : salsear
  • He always sosses his burgers with extra ketchup.

Examples

  • He likes to soss his pasta with a lot of tomato sauce.

  • Before serving, she sossed the vegetables with a creamy dressing.

  • Could you soss my fries with some extra ketchup, please?

  • Don't forget to soss your fries!

  • Could you soss my fries with some extra ketchup, please?

  • He likes to soss his pasta with a lot of tomato sauce.

  • Before serving, she sossed the vegetables with a creamy dressing.

Synonyms

to sauce
vsto soss
2 4.6

To put a liquid on food or make something more lively

is only about covering food with a liquid flavouring
to lay on the sauce
vsto soss
  • Informal
8.4

To put a lot of sauce on food or to use too much of something

is used for a normal amount rather than excessive application

How Sauced

to drench
34 3.0
to soss
  • UK
9.9
coat
92 2.5
to baste
  • Specialized
8 5.0
to dress
96 3.0

Surface Forms

soss infinitive
sossed past
sossed past participle
sossing present participle
sosses third person singular

Etymology

Soss as a verb comes from the noun soss/ sauce, so to soss something simply means to 'put sauce on it' or 'cover it with sauce'. That's why if you ask someone to soss your fries, you want extra ketchup or brown sauce on them.