Definitions for saucy
ˈsɔ sisaucy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucyadjective

   characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

   "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

2. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wiseadjective

   improperly forward or bold

   "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. saucyadjective

   Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.

2. saucyadjective

   Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.

   She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders.

3. saucyadjective

   Impudently bold; pert; piquant.

4. saucyadjective

   Mildly erotic.

   My wife and I enjoyed the dancing, but she found it a little too saucy.

5. Etymology: From sauce.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SAUCYadjective

   Pert; petulant; contemptuous of superiours; insolent; impudent; impertinent.

   Etymology: I know not how this word can be easily deduced from sauce: it may come more properly from salsus, Latin.

   You are more saucy with lords than the heraldry of your birth and virtue gives you commission. William Shakespeare.

   Study is like the heav’ns glorious sun,
   That will not be deep search’d with saucy looks;
   Small have continual plodders ever won,
   Save base authority from others’ books. William Shakespeare.

   And if thou hast the mettle of a king,
   Being wrong’d as we are by this peevish town,
   Turn thou the mouth of thy artillery,
   As we will ours against these saucy walls. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   Power’s first pedigree from force derives,
   And calls to mind the old prerogatives
   Of free-born man; and with a saucy eye
   Searches the heart and soul of majesty. John Denham, Sophy.

   I lose my patience, when with saucy pride
   By untun’d ears I hear his numbers try’d. Wentworth Dillon.

   No saucy citizen shall dare
   To strike a soldier, nor, when struck, resent
   The wrong. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   , to express a man both timorous and saucy, makes use of a kind of point, namely, that he had the eyes of a dog, but the heart of a deer. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Saucy

   showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow

2. Saucy

   expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Saucy

   saw′si, adj. (comp. Sau′cier, superl. Sau′ciest) sharp: pungent: insolent: overbearing: wanton: impudent, pert.—adv. Sau′cily.—n. Sau′ciness. [Sauce.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of saucy in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of saucy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of saucy in a Sentence

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