tass

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tass  (tas),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Scot.]
  1. Scottish Termsa cup or small goblet, esp. an ornamental one.
  2. 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. 
  1. 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
  1. a cup, goblet, or glass
  2. 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
  1. a news agency serving Russia and formerly the Soviet UnionFormerly called (1992–2014): ITAR-TASS
Etymology: T(elegrafnoye) A(genstvo) S(ovetskovo) S(oyuza) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union
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'tass' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
tassie - tazza

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