different between smartass vs sass

English

Alternative forms

• smart ass
• smart arse (UK, AU, NZ)

Pronunciation

Noun

smartass (plural smartasses)

1. (slang) One who is particularly insolent, who tends to make snide remarks or jokes.

   Lots of luck, smartass.

Synonyms

• smart aleck
• smart-aleck
• smart alec
• smart-alec

Translations

Adjective

smartass (not comparable)

1. (slang) Related to or characteristic of a smartass.

   I have had quite enough of your smartass remarks.

Translations

Verb

smartass (third-person singular simple present smartasses, present participle smartassing, simple past and past participle smartassed)

1. (slang) To talk like a smartass, with a lot of snide remarks.
   • 2012, Storm Large, Crazy Enough: A Memoir

     I smartassed and smack-talked half of the interview, but as I relaxed a bit more and genuinely talked with them, a strange thing happened.

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.