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

/ tæs, ˈtæsɪ /

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

Related Words

• news service 
• press agency 
• wire service