different between sass vs soss

English

Etymology

Variant of sauce

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sæs/
• Rhymes: -æs

Noun

sass (uncountable)

1. (US) Backtalk, cheek, sarcasm.
2. (archaic) Vegetables used in making sauces.

Derived terms

• sassy

Translations

Verb

sass (third-person singular simple present sasses, present participle sassing, simple past and past participle sassed)

1. (intransitive, US, informal) To talk, to talk back.
   • 1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad

     “But, good land! what did he want to sass back for? You see, it couldn’t do him no good, and it was just nuts for them.”

2. (transitive, US, informal) To speak insolently to.

Translations

German

Verb

sass

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of saß.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/

Etymology 1

From Middle English sosse, sos, soos (“hounds' meat; a mess of food”), of uncertain origin. See sesspool.

Alternative forms

• suss

Noun

soss (plural sosses)

1. (Britain, dialect) Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.

Verb

soss (third-person singular simple present sosses, present participle sossing, simple past and past participle sossed)

1. (Britain, dialect) To soil; to make dirty.

Etymology 2

Compare souse.

Verb

soss (third-person singular simple present sosses, present participle sossing, simple past and past participle sossed)

1. To fall suddenly into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
   • 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park

     sossing in an easy chair

2. To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss.
   • May 24 1711, Jonathan Swift, Journal to Stella – Letter 24

     the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way

Noun

soss (plural sosses)

1. (obsolete) A lazy fellow.
2. A heavy fall.

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Anagrams

• OSS's, OSSs, SSOs

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German sus. Cognate with German sonst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zos/
  • Rhymes: -os

Adverb

soss

1. otherwise
2. usually
3. elsewhere

Conjunction

soss

1. otherwise, or else

   Du muss dech fläissen, soss verpass du den Zuch.

   You must hurry up, or else you will miss the train.