Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Impertinent, disrespectful speech; back talk.
- v. To talk impudently to.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as sauce.
- n. Vegetables, particularly those used in making sauces: as, garden sass.
- n. Insolence; impudence.
- To talk or reply saucily; be insolent in replying.
- To sauce; be saucy to.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- v. answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
- n. an impudent or insolent rejoinder
Etymologies
- Back-formation from sassy1.
Examples
“This was to have happened in 2004, but there was so much sass from the people that it was put off till 09.”
“That's the stuff for my money!" replied her brother; "'taters and apple-sass is my sass in the winter.”
“Myer snaps up sass & bide for $42.5m MYER has announced its $42.5 million purchase of high-end women's fashion label sass & bide.”
“It's good those is easy got," said his sister Mary; "the sass is the most of the dinner to Bob most commonly.”
“It's good those is easy got," said his sister Mary; "the sass is the most of the dinner to Bob, most commonly.”
“The best part of my Mother's Day was listening to my granddaughter give my daughter the kind of sass she used to give me.”
“Software as a Service SaaS, typically pronounced 'sass' is a model of software deployment whereby a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand”
“It takes the Sasquatch out of the -- takes the "sass" out of the "squatch" or something.”
“However, the sass has been a bit lacking in the first 2 films * sigh* so I’ll just throw my vote for the fight scene with the newborns.”
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“These trees are usually good standard varieties which have been the source of much apple "sass," many an apple pie, and many a barrel of cider-vinegar.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sass’.
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mots justes
No true synonyms, no other word will do.
dysphemism, nyehre, conflate, onomatopœic, galumph, zeitgeist, mercenary, theomeny, git, snarky, sass, smarmy and 43 more...
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Ruzuzu's Big Ass List
If you're looking for long s examples, see here.
ass, assess, asshole, basso profondo, basso profundo, crass, assay, mr. ass itch, compass, slag-ass macaroon, brass, class and 40 more...
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February 2012
filiopietistic, bifurcate, enclave, wedlock, decadent, unduly, defunct, lapel, tumescent, capitulation, leaden, scintilla and 83 more...
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