tass

¹

[ tas ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.

1. a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
2. the contents of a cup or goblet; a small draught, as of liquor.

Tass

²

or TASS

[ tas, tahs ]

noun

1. a news-gathering agency of the former Soviet Union: merged with an alternative news service to form Itar-Tass (Russian Information Telegraph Agency).

tass

¹

/ ˈtæsɪ; tæs /

noun

1. a cup, goblet, or glass
2. the contents of such a vessel

Tass

²

/ tæs /

noun

1. (formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass

Word History and Origins

Origin of tass¹

1475–85; earlier tasse < Middle French < Arabic ṭass, ṭassah basin < Persian tasht; tazza

Origin of tass²

< Russian, acronym from T ( elegráfnoe ) a ( génstvo ) S ( ovétskogo ) S ( oyúza ) Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union

Word History and Origins

Origin of tass¹

C15: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast

Origin of tass²

T ( elegrafnoye ) A ( genstvo ) S ( ovetskovo ) S ( oyuza ) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union

Example Sentences

Taslet, tas′let, n. a tass or piece of armour for the thigh—prob.

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The Prince went to a table and filled a silver-gilt tass with brandy.

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"Sure, and it's quite a reception I'm after gettin'," Dameri Tass said.

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All of our information comes from Tass, and you can imagine how inadequate that is.

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A circular door slid open at that point and Dameri Tass stepped out, yawning.

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Related Words

• news agency
• news service
• press agency