SAUCY


Meaning of SAUCY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsȯ-sē, ˈsa- ]

adjective

( sauc·i·er ; -est )

Date: 1508

1. : served with or having the consistency of sauce

2.

a. : impertinently bold and impudent

b. : amusingly forward and flippant : irrepressible

3. : smart , trim

a saucy little hat

• sauc·i·ly -sə-lē adverb

• sauc·i·ness -sē-nəs noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.