sassy
1disrespectful or impudent; impertinent; insolent: Don't get sassy with me!
boldly stylish and smart; pert: a sassy red handbag.
Origin of sassy
1Other words from sassy
- sas·si·ness, noun
- sas·si·ly, adverb
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Other definitions for sassy (2 of 2)
Origin of sassy
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How to use sassy in a sentence
Since launching its TikTok presence back in February, Duo, which Parvez says is a sassy and fiercely loyal owl, has landed a number of viral TikToks by riffing off of trending audio clips.
How Duolingo is using its ‘unhinged content’ with Duo the Owl to make people laugh on TikTok | Kimeko McCoy | December 13, 2021 | DigidayBold and adventurous as ever, and then later introducing young Lara — sweet and sassy but totally fearless.
Nearly as catchy is the more hip-hop-oriented “Scoop,” featuring an expectedly sassy and quippy verse from Doja Cat.
6 Takeaways From Lil Nas X's Excellent Debut Album Montero | Andrew R. Chow | September 17, 2021 | TimeThe simple but instantly memorable characters and their sweet-n-sassy personalities make playing the game feel like visiting friends.
Best Nintendo Switch games for graphics: The titles that justify jumping to the big screen | Billy Cadden | June 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt was a characteristically bold project from a guy who always cast himself as a game-changer—most conspicuously by gatecrashing the airline business with sassy and sexy Virgin Atlantic.
Branson Grows Old While Bezos Takes Over Space Travel | Clive Irving | May 6, 2021 | The Daily Beast
Beyoncé embodied a sassy and independent Sasha Fierce and the sexually confident Yoncé.
In 1992, she was spotted by sassy magazine, and became a model/intern for the fashion rag.
Chloe Sevigny on ‘The Cosmopolitans,’ New York’s Frat Boy Takeover, and ‘Asshole’ Michael Alig | Marlow Stern | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWould a bisexual man be half as sassy as a gay one, or half as well dressed?
She was a sassy spitfire from Bosnia, just a few months shy of turning 18.
Is there a sassy but kindly Black female lawmaker who lives next door the quartet, speaking sense to men and not taking no guff?
‘Alpha House’ Review: Amazon’s Comedy Falls to Sitcom Predictability, Gay Jokes | David Freedlander | November 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe wuz very peart and sassy, and it was take-it-or-leave-it-and-be-plaguey- quick-about-it all the time.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyI thinks to myself I'll learn that girl to get sassy and make me feel like a dumb-head, even if she is purty.
Danny's Own Story | Don MarquisHe war sort o' sassy, and de Oberseer strung him up and flog him bery hard.
Yer lookin' a little white in the gills, but peart and sassy, ez usual.
Gabriel Conroy | Bert HarteBut the landress has grown that sassy they had a reglar shindy this mornin.
In Wild Rose Time | Amanda M. Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for sassy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsæsɪ) /
US informal insolent, impertinent
Origin of sassy
1Derived forms of sassy
- sassily, adverb
- sassiness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for sassy (2 of 2)
sasswood (ˈsæsˌwʊd) or sassy wood
/ (ˈsæsɪ) /
a W African leguminous tree, Erythrophleum guineense, with poisonous bark (sassy bark) and hard strong wood
the bark or wood of this tree or the alkaloid derived from them, which is sometimes used in medicine
Origin of sassy
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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