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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tass (tas),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Scot.]- Scottish Termsa cup or small goblet, esp. an ornamental one.
- Scottish Termsthe contents of a cup or goblet;
a small draught, as of liquor. Also, tassie. - Persian tasht; see tazza
- Arabic ṭass, ṭassah basin
- Middle French
- earlier tasse 1475–85
Tass (tas, täs),USA pronunciation n. - Journalisma news-gathering agency of the former Soviet Union: merged with an alternative news service to form Itar-Tass (Russian Information Telegraph Agency).
Also, TASS - Russian, acronym from T(elegráfnoe) a(génstvo) south, southern(ovétskogo) south, southern(oyúza) Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tass /tæs/, tassie /ˈtæsɪ/ n Scot Northern English dialect - a cup, goblet, or glass
- the contents of such a vessel
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Tass /tæs/ n - (formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass
Etymology: T(elegrafnoye) A(genstvo) S(ovetskovo) S(oyuza) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union |