sass

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The quality of being sassy.

   • This girl has a lot of sass.
2. 2

   Backtalk, cheek, sarcasm.

   • Say—if you give me much more of your sass I'll take and bounce a rock off'n your head.
   • Looky here—mind how you talk to me; I’m a-standing about all I can stand now—so don’t gimme no sass.
   • Talk-back or sass per Bell Hooks is "a gesture of defiance that heals...liberated voice" […]
3. 3

   Vegetables used in making sauces.

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   1. 4

      A subgenre of screamo music.

   2. 5

      To talk, to talk back.

      • “But, good land! what did he want to sass back for? You see, it couldn’t do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.”
   3. 6

      To speak insolently to.

      • Don’t sass your teachers!
      • “This isn’t any of your business, Ilse Burnley,” muttered Jennie, sullenly. “Oh, isn’t it? Don’t you sass me, Piggy-eyes.” Ilse walked up to the retreating Jennie and shook a sunburned fist in her face.
   4. 7

      A surname.

   5. 8

      Initialism of Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets, a style sheet language.

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