sassed

He had sassed a white woman, was lynched and shot full of holes, and his bloody clothes were left in the Decatur fairgrounds for a year.

“All right. I’ll leave you old grandpas to it, then,” I sassed.

I sassed her and had to stay down in the cabin for the rest of the picnic.

She’d get mad and hit me if I crossed her or sassed her, and I’d do meany things to her, like tripping her up or putting sugar in her salt cellar.

He would viciously beat her if she sassed him.