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# sassy

adjective (sassier, sassiest)

«sassy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Cheeky, bold and not polite, answering back in a lively way (mainly American informal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sassy/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales with a lively animal or character, describes someone bold and boastful, pleased with themselves

### Examples

- The sassy cat answered back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sassy/#x1)
- The sassy bird hopped about the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sassy/#x2)
- Don't be sassy to your teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sassy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sassy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sassy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sassy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sassy.html) on Mova free.