What does sass mean?
Definitions for sass
sæssass
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Princeton's WordNet
sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouthverb
an impudent or insolent rejoinder
"don't give me any of your sass"
sassverb
answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
"don't sass me!"; "The teacher punished the students who were sassing all morning";
Wiktionary
sassnoun
sarcasm, backtalk, cheek.
sassverb
To talk, to talk back.
ChatGPT
sass
Sass, an abbreviated form of "sassiness", refers to a combination of confidence, outspokenness, liveliness, and attitude, often with a slightly irreverent or cheeky tone. It can also denote the act of talking or responding in a sarcastic, disrespectful or bold manner. The term is generally used to describe someone who isn’t afraid to speak their mind and has a spirited and feisty demeanor.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sass
sas, n. (coll.) impudence: vegetables used in making sauces.—v.i. to be insolent in replies.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SASS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sass is ranked #6909 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Sass surname appeared 4,856 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Sass.
91% or 4,422 total occurrences were White.
4.1% or 203 total occurrences were Black.
2.1% or 104 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.3% or 63 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 32 total occurrences were Asian.
0.6% or 32 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sass in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sass in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of sass in a Sentence
I know that if I was a man it might have been differently, i know that, for me, I've always been this way. I mean, I think no one expects me to be anything but myself, the girl from southwest Detroit with a little sass and attitude.
We'd be out in public [ and ] Carmen Bolden'd just wave at strangers with a smile and people would respond to that, very intelligent, very curious about things, and Carmen Bolden also had a little bit of sass sometimes too.
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- ساسArabic
- fræktDanish
- sassGerman
- descaroSpanish
- toupet, contredire, protesterFrench
- sassIrish
- सासHindi
- sassItalian
- סאסHebrew
- tegenspreken, zever, gedoe, opspelenDutch
- SassPolish
- atrevimentoPortuguese
- [[говорить]] [[дерзость, дерзость, дерзить, нахальничать, пререкаться, препиратьсяRussian
- malis, giftighet, förtal, stickord, spydighet, gliringSwedish
- సాస్Telugu
- sassUkrainian
- sassUrdu
- 上海社會科學院Chinese
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