noun
applesauce
noun
1
A soft, smooth food made from cooked, mashed apples.
"The baby food jar was full of plain applesauce."
interjection
1
An old-fashioned exclamation meaning "nonsense!"
""Applesauce!" he shouted when he heard the excuse."
How to Use Applesauce
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsually the mashed-apple food, but historically also American slang for "nonsense."
When to use it
The "nonsense!" sense is dated slang, rarely used today.
Common pairings
a jar of applesauce
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Etymology
From apple + sauce; the exclamation sense developed as early 20th-century American slang for nonsense.