Meaning

2 senses

  1. (US, informal, intransitive)To talk, to talk back.

    дерзи́тьderzítʹ, наха́льничатьnaxálʹničatʹ, пререка́тьсяprerekátʹsja

    answer back in an impudent or insolent manner

  2. (US, informal, transitive)To speak insolently to.

    Don’t sass your teachers!

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Don't sass me.

    ruНе дерзи мне. — sharptoothed

    deSei nicht so frech zu mir. — mrtaistoi

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  2. Don't sass your father, Tom.

    ruНе груби своему отцу, Том. — astru

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  3. Step away or prepare for sass.

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  4. None of your sass, Jasper, or I'll keelhaul you!

    remline · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

3 languages
Русский
talk back:

Origin

Variant of sauce.

Variant of sauce.

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Forms

sasses, sassing, sassed, sassed
Base formsass · to sass
3rd person singularsasses
Present participlesassing
Past simplesassed
Past participlesassed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysass
he, she, itsasses

Past simpleLesson

all personssassed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sassed
he, she, ithas sassed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sass

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsassing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sashsashimisasquatchsassysatanicsatchelsate
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