I. ˈsas, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun
Etymology: alteration of sauce (I)
chiefly Midland : fresh garden vegetables — called also garden sass
II. noun
Etymology: by alteration
chiefly Midland : sauce I 5
III. noun
( -es )
Etymology: back-formation from sassy (I)
: back talk
takes no sass from her pupils
a past master of sass — TV Guide
IV. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to talk impudently or disrespectfully to (an elder or superior)
did not yell or sass their mothers — Sally Carrighar
call her a bum and she sasses them back — Polly Adler