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Synonyms for sass


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sas
Phonetic Transcription : sæs

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Définition of sass

Origin :
  • "impudence," 1835, back-formation from sassy. The verb is first recorded 1856, from the noun. Related: Sassed; sassing. Sass (n.) as a variant of sauce is attested from 1775.
  • noun back talk
  • verb talk back
Example sentences :
  • I haven't anything to do with you, but I sha'n't let you sass me.
  • Extract from : « The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus » by Horatio Alger Jr.
  • He's handy to lay the blame on for things, and he doesn't dare to 'sass' back.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants » by H. Irving Hancock
  • “I knew it would be so,” observed old Sass, addressing Loraine.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier Fort » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • Pa will shoot him again when they meet, if he gives Pa any sass.
  • Extract from : « The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy » by George W. Peck
  • You ought never to "sass" old people unless they "sass" you first.
  • Extract from : « The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories » by Mark Twain
  • Dish, and serve up with lots of sass, as the cookery books say.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew
  • I reckon I'll take some of the sass out'r you before I'm through with you.
  • Extract from : « Fame and Fortune Weekly, No. 801, February 4, 1921 » by Various
  • The next morning Lieutenant Sass was buried with military honours.
  • Extract from : « Byron » by Richard Edgcumbe
  • He come out here, and tried to sass me, but I ordered him off.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys Over the Rockies » by Clarence Young
  • "Don't let him sass you, mister," put in one of the urchins.
  • Extract from : « The Missing Tin Box » by Arthur M. Winfield

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