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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sass.

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Examples

  • Lenny starts off the yearly visit with a bang: he sasses the school principal, gets into an argument with a homeless man, and, in an inspired bit of clowning, crosses the street walking on his hands.

    The Tangled Web of ‘Daddy Longlegs’ 2010

  • I don't shock easy, and have no more of the milk of human kindness than you'd put in a cup of tea; I'll taunt and gloat over a fallen foe any day, and put a boot in his ribs if he sasses back - but I'm a brute and a bully.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • And let's recall why Jessica glamours those customers: Because Arlene sasses that she won't look at Jessica in the eyes, lest Jessica put her in a trance.

    Mark Blankenship: True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 3, Ep. 5 2010

  • He never sasses back to his mother -- smoking doesn't just say "I totally don't care about my health, dying is for old people," it also says "I just have so much money I can afford to throw it away on anything, silly things."

    Jilly Gagnon: What Else "Wouldn't" He Hurt? On Flies and Presidents... 2009

  • And if my daughter sasses back 't me like she done this very mornin, when ken I take her out and stone her.

    Huckabee Directly Equates Homosexuality With Bestiality 2009

  • She is understated and never over-acts, measuring her performance perfectly in her interactions with Precious especially when Precious sasses her about her race, and limiting herself to the right amount of fleeting emotion as demanded by the character.

    An Instant Modern Classic: Simon Reviews PRECIOUS | Obsessed With Film 2009

  • I see this trend everywhere: a mediocre clarinetist thinks that she alone should have 1st part everytime, a yellow belt sasses the high ranks because he thinks that he can be just as good as them, my peers talk down to professors.

    When Encouragement Hurts: How to Praise Others Properly 2008

  • "Get outta here," she sasses him, then after a pause, "come check this gas thing out on my stove."

    East of Tragedy 2007

  • PaidContent analyzes the story in straight-ahead fashion, while TechCrunch sasses the effort as "limp-wristed," (am I the only remaining soul to find the phrase offensive?) offering that it's all about scolding Google, whose YouTube Video Identification technology was launched earlier this week.

    MediaBizBuzz.com for October 19, 2007 2007

  • As far as meeting Jesus Christ, well, I've already got myself a burning bush that sasses me so don't think I'll be needing him, lest he wanna give my bush a trim.

    whitehelmet Diary Entry whitehelmet 2004

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