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# sassy

«sassy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Cheeky, bold and not polite, answering back in a lively…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (sassier, sassiest)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sassy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sassy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.