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# saucy

«saucy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (saucier, sauciest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saucy/#m1)

2) (informal) Slightly rude or daring in a playful way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saucy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a bold boy or girl who speaks back to adults or elders

### examples

- The saucy boy laughed at the old woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saucy/#x1)
- The proud, saucy slut answered back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saucy/#x2)
- At that time he was saucy and full of ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saucy/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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