Definition of sass
: impudent speech
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Examples of sass in a Sentence
an old-fashioned diner where getting sass from the waitstaff is part of the experience
Recent Examples of sass from the Web
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While Joey, both owner and chef, works in a bit of Sicilian sass here and there, this is Italian-American fare at heart, and that’s just fine.
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These memes are seen as a public declaration of your political positions and cultural identity, and, increasingly, an invitation for people with opposing viewpoints to come sass (or harass) you in the comments.
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She's resurfaced again, with a whole new look and level of sass.
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Here’s a large sampling of UMBC’s hysterical sass from Friday night.
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As the man behind the Twitter account of UMBC Athletics, Seidel’s quick-witted sass won thousands of social-media admirers.
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Alina Alcantara gives hippo Gloria a pleasing mix of sass and motherly affection, Bryan Jager does his best nebbish routine as the hypochondriac giraffe.
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Watch the King of Trolls clapback, complete with his signature sass.
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Khloé Kardashian is here for her sister Kim Kardashian West‘s latest Instagram looks and savage social media sass.
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Origin and Etymology of sass
sass Synonyms
Near Antonyms
civility, cordiality, courtesy, diplomacy, politeness, tactfulness;
consideration, gallantry, gentility, graciousness, smoothness, suaveness, suavity;
Related Words
comeback, rejoinder, retort, riposte, wisecrack;
cuteness, discourtesy, disrespect, guff, impoliteness, nonsense, rudeness, tactlessness;
audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brazenness;
coarseness, crassness, crudity, vulgarity;
abruptness, bluffness, bluntness, brusqueness, crossness, curtness, gruffness, surliness;
Definition of sass
: to talk impudently or disrespectfully to
Examples of sass in a Sentence
He got drunk and sassed a cop.
Recent Examples of sass from the Web
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An entertaining Twitter account, in which Daniels often and humorously sassed back at the name callers, recently went private.
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Lewis also sassed and snarled at critics and interviewers who displeased him.
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Things like negging bosses, sassing bartenders, writing off-the-rails emotional emails to men who didn’t care about me—these used to be core parts of my personality.
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First Known Use of sass
1856
SASS Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of sass for English Language Learners
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: to talk to (someone) in a rude way that does not show proper respect
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Definition of sass for Students
sassed;
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: to speak to in a rude or disrespectful way
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