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say it: SAW-see
saucy is an adjective meaning "characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality". It is pronounced /ˈsɔsi/ — SAW-see. It carries 2 recorded senses.
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
“a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner”
improperly forward or bold
“don't be fresh with me”
“impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup”
“an impudent boy given to insulting strangers”
“Don't get wise with me!”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for saucy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.