Definition of "applesauce"

applesauce

noun
countable and uncountable, plural applesauces
1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of apple sauce.
  Quotations
  Because Mother had been so busy making applesauce, dinner was a little late that night.
  1955, Beverly Cleary, Beezus and Ramona, page 101
2. (slang, US, dated, 1920s) Nonsense, balderdash, bunk, piffle.
interjection
1. (slang, US, dated) Nonsense!