applesauce

== English == === Alternative forms === apple sauce (UK) === Etymology === From apple +‎ sauce. === Pronunciation === === Noun === applesauce (countable and uncountable, plural applesauces) (American spelling) Alternative spelling of apple sauce. (slang, US, dated, 1920s) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle. ==== Synonyms ==== (nonsense): codswallop, hooey, malarkey; see also Thesaurus:nonsense ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === applesauce! (slang, US, dated) Nonsense! ==== Synonyms ==== fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit ==== Translations ====