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- verb Present participle of
sass .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an impudent or insolent rejoinder
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Examples
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Just as a side note - if you'd ever like to see a Korean girl get very brave and start sassing is Spanish, buy me a drink ;!
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Just as a side note - if you'd ever like to see a Korean girl get very brave and start sassing is Spanish, buy me a drink ;!
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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Bill Jones -- A good man for "sassing" -- The master of
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923
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Since then I've heard worse jawing not called sassing, call it arguing now.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Work Projects Administration
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The things these kids did -- taking drugs, "sassing," getting poor grades, etc -- are things that I did, that my friends did, when I was a kid.
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You standing up there and 'sassing' back the old dame!
A Little Girl in Old Salem Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873
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"I don't like to go with Alf very well; he is always 'sassing' folks on the road.
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It won't tell us what to pack for the hospital, but it will help us recenter ourselves when we're about to blow our gasket at that precious child who keeps sassing you.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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You see, Dr. Gates was not just “sassing” Crowley by daring to question the merits of his intrusive presence in his home, but it was also the fact he (Gates) loudly said things alluding to lofty connections above the officer's station to where he could as a Black civilian, impact his life adversely.
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You see, Dr. Gates was not just “sassing” Crowley by daring to question the merits of his intrusive presence in his home, but it was also the fact he (Gates) loudly said things alluding to lofty connections above the officer's station to where he could as a Black civilian, impact his life adversely.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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