"magic sauce" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: magic sauces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} magic sauce (countable and uncountable, plural magic sauces)
  1. (informal) A method, strategy, or ingredient that makes something successful or distinctive. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-magic_sauce-en-noun-wzEPjGyo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. (slang, sex) Ejaculate, cum. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-magic_sauce-en-noun-r548bE5~ Topics: lifestyle, sex, sexuality
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: secret sauce, special sauce

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for magic sauce meaning in English (1.5kB)

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