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View synonyms for tass
tass
1[ tas ]
noun
, Chiefly Scot.
- a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- the contents of a cup or goblet; a small draught, as of liquor.
Tass
2or TASS
[ tas, tahs ]
noun
- 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/ tæs /
noun
- (formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass
tass
2/ tæs; ˈtæsɪ /
noun
- a cup, goblet, or glass
- the contents of such a vessel
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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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tass1
T ( elegrafnoye ) A ( genstvo ) S ( ovetskovo ) S ( oyuza ) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union
Origin of tass2
C15: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast
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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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