Meanings
nounbuffalo sauce (countable and uncountable, plural buffalo sauces)
plural buffalo sauces
- countableuncountableSauce for buffalo wings, typically made from a cayenne pepper-based hot sauce with melted butter and vinegar.
Origin
Blend of buffalo wing + sauce. From Buffalo. From being a sauce invented in Buffalo, New York, USA; for use in the buffalo wings dish.
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buffalo sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffalo%20sauce
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“buffalo sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffalo%20sauce. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffalo sauce,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffalo%20sauce.
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