Associations to the word «Sass»

Wiktionary

SASS, noun. (US) sarcasm, backtalk, cheek.
SASS, verb. (US) To talk, to talk back.

Dictionary definition

SASS, noun. An impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass".
SASS, verb. Answer back in an impudent or insolent manner; "don't sass me!"; "The teacher punished the students who were sassing all morning";.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats