sass
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Synonyms for sass
Synonyms: Noun
back talk, backchat, cheek, impertinence, impudence, insolence, mouth, sauce
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Examples of sass in a Sentence
Noun
an old-fashioned diner where getting sass from the waitstaff is part of the experienceVerb
He got drunk and sassed a cop.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Best Person to Follow on Twitter: Mayor Woodfin For city goings-on, humor, feel-good stories, and a side of sass, there’s only one man to follow: Randall Woodfin. — Birmingham Magazine, al, "Birmingham magazine’s Best and Worst of Birmingham," 3 Sep. 2019 Last March, researchers found that another RubyGems library called bootstrap-sass was also backdoored. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "The year-long rash of supply chain attacks against open source is getting worse," 21 Aug. 2019 Yesterday's foray earned extra points, though, for combining they tiny royal's brand of playful sass with chic, everyday style. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Where to Buy Princess Charlotte's Adorable Seersucker Dress," 9 Aug. 2019 But physical freedom isn’t the same as living freely, and Dara travels a long road from the former to the latter, with endearing strength, sass and soul-searching. — oregonlive.com, "5 novels to escape with this summer," 1 Aug. 2019 That wasn’t the first time that the fourth in line showed some sass. — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, "Prince George and Princess Charlotte “Lean on Each Other,” As Playdates Can Be "Tricky"," 15 Aug. 2019 Have an early dinner at Alestine’s before turning in: dishes like whitefish tacos and reindeer chili are prepared in a school bus and served (with a little sass) in the tiny adjacent cabin. — Karen Gardiner, Condé Nast Traveler, "This New Highway to the Arctic Ocean Is Canada's Coolest Road Trip," 13 June 2019 John McCain also might have inherited his mother's sass, wit and rebellious streak. — Amy Lieu, Fox News, "John McCain's 'spunky' 106-year-old mother to attend his services," 30 Aug. 2018 Some had signs and T-shirts with messages of tolerance or sass, including one of Russian President Vladimir Putin holding a rainbow. — NBC News, "LGBTQ pride parade turnout defies conservative times in Poland," 11 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
That's right: Now there's a robot who can sass you as well as any teenager. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "This Eye-Rolling Robot Understands Irony and Will Sass You Hard," 13 June 2019 Here, Prince Harry was captured sassing photographers while getting out of a car to visit the hospital after his cousin, Princess Beatrice of York, was born in 1988. — Lyndsey Matthews, Town & Country, "Princess Charlotte Channeled Prince Harry at the Royal Wedding," 19 May 2018 Although Archie’s a little shaking at the start of this number (think Zac Efron at the beginning of High School Musical), Betty takes over and uses it as an opportunity to apologize to Veronica after publicly sassing her a few minutes prior. — Gianluca Russo, Teen Vogue, "The "Riverdale" Musical Numbers, Ranked," 19 Apr. 2018 An entertaining Twitter account, in which Daniels often and humorously sassed back at the name callers, recently went private. — Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, "A Stormy front is coming: Trump might try to silence Daniels, but she'll bare all in Baltimore," 19 Apr. 2018 Lewis also sassed and snarled at critics and interviewers who displeased him. — Lindsey Bahr, Esquire, "Jerry Lewis, Comedy Legend and Tireless Telethon Host, Dies at 91," 20 Aug. 2017 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. — Meaghan O'connell, Longreads, "Girl Wonder," 20 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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