SAUCY Meaning of SAUCY in English adj. (saucier, sauciest) 1. impudent, cheeky. 2 colloq. smart-looking (a saucy hat). 3 colloq. smutty, suggestive. Derivatives: saucily adv. sauciness n. Etymology: earlier sense 'savoury', f. SAUCE Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012