applesauce

English

Alternative forms

• apple sauce (UK)

Etymology

apple +‎ sauce

Noun

applesauce (uncountable)

1. (US) Apple sauce.
   • 1955, Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona, page 101

     Because Mother had been so busy making applesauce, dinner was a little late that night.

2. (slang, US, dated, 1920s) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.

Derived terms

• applesauce cake
• criss-cross applesauce

Translations

apple sauce — see apple sauce

nonsense

• Dutch: flauwekul m, zever m

• French: balivernes f pl

Interjection

applesauce!

1. (slang, US, dated) nonsense!

Translations

nonsense

• Dutch: flauwekul (nl)!

• French: balivernes (fr)!