Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Impertinent, disrespectful speech; back talk.
- transitive verb To talk impudently to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To talk or reply saucily; be insolent in replying.
- To sauce; be saucy to.
- noun Same as
sauce . - noun Vegetables, particularly those used in making sauces: as, garden sass.
- noun Insolence; impudence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
sarcasm ,backtalk ,cheek . - verb To
talk , totalk back .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
- noun an impudent or insolent rejoinder
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This was to have happened in 2004, but there was so much sass from the people that it was put off till 09.
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"That's the stuff for my money!" replied her brother; "'taters and apple-sass is my sass in the winter."
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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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.
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"It's good those is easy got," said his sister Mary; "the sass is the most of the dinner to Bob most commonly."
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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"It's good those is easy got," said his sister Mary; "the sass is the most of the dinner to Bob, most commonly."
The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852
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"It's good those is easy got," said his sister Mary; "the sass is the most of the dinner to Bob most commonly."
The Wide, Wide World Susan Warner 1852
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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.
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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
Archive 2009-04-01 Bill Kerr 2009
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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
notes on cloud computing Bill Kerr 2009
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It takes the Sasquatch out of the -- takes the "sass" out of the "squatch" or something.
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