sass

nouns

an impudent or insolent rejoinder
"don't give me any of your sass"
is derived from

verbs

answer back in an impudent or insolent manner
"don't sass me!"; "The teacher punished the students who were sassing all morning";
is derived from
is a type of (narrower)
react verbally
"She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"