snash

American  

[snash, snahsh] / snæʃ, snɑʃ /

noun

1. insolence; impertinence.

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verb (used without object)

1. to use abusive language; speak disrespectfully.

Etymology

Origin of snash

First recorded in 1780–90; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

"For illustration, here are some shorties which we'd call real $7 words, and wouldn't use here at this time without explanation: adit, erg, ergo, ohm, gloze, cozen, griff, modal, mure, snash, viable."

From Time Magazine Archive

Look here," said the landlady, "I'll tak' nane o' your snash, so mind that.

From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.

"For," said Kate McGhie, looking at me, "as ye ken, I hadna been learned at the Balmaghie to thole snash frae onybody."

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)