saucy

[ saw-see ]

/ ˈsɔ si /

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adjective, sau·ci·er, sau·ci·est.

impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.

pert; boldly smart: a saucy little hat for Easter.

Nearby words

saucer, saucer dome, saucerization, sauch, saucier, saucy, saud, saudade, saudi, saudi arabia, sauerbraten

Origin of saucy

First recorded in 1500–10; sauce + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR saucy

1 rude, impudent, fresh, brazen.

2 jaunty.

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Related forms

sau·ci·ly, adverbsau·ci·ness, nouno·ver·sau·cy, adjective

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Examples from the Web for saucy

The animated video clip accompanying the leak of “Gentleman” hints that some saucy booty shaking will be involved.
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The now-former CIA director and his alleged mistress, Paula Broadwell, often wrote each other saucy email messages.
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The woman is a force of nature: tough, spirited, saucy, straight-talking, fierce.
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TMZ, which originally acquired the saucy snaps, says today in a blog entry that, "Harry's people dropped the ball."
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"Then you do risk doing what she tells you not to," said Floretta, with a saucy laugh.
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His pictures are like saucy street ditties sung to a barrel-organ.
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"But we have had no chance to refuse," said saucy Miss Mifflin, raising her coquettish eyes.
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"Stop me if you can," she called back over her shoulder, her face alight and saucy.
The Rustlers of Pecos County|Zane Grey
It was very rude and saucy in Tom, but street-corners and saloon-steps soon teach a boy to be that.
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British Dictionary definitions for saucy

saucy

/ (ˈsɔːsɪ) /

adjective saucier or sauciest

impertinent

pert; jauntya saucy hat

Derived Forms

saucily, adverbsauciness, noun

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saucy

adjective, sau·ci·er, sau·ci·est.

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saucy

adjective saucier or sauciest

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