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applesauce en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From apple + sauce.

Meanings

  1. (US, dated, slang) Nonsense!

Forms

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applesauce! canonical lexicographic
apple sauce alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

fiddlesticks · horsefeathers · pull the other one

Translations (2)

fr balivernes! (nonsense) · nl flauwekul! (nonsense)

applesauce en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From apple + sauce.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of apple sauce.
    • Because Mother had been so busy making applesauce, dinner was a little late that night. 1955, Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona, page 101:
  2. (US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.

Forms

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apple sauce alternative lexicographic
applesauces Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

applesauce cake · applesaucey · criss-cross applesauce

Synonyms

malarkey · hooey · codswallop (nonsense)

Translations (4)

nl flauwekul (nonsense) · sv snömos (nonsense) · fr balivernes (nonsense) · nl zever (nonsense)