sashay
to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She just sashayed in as if she owned the place.
to chassé in dancing.
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How to use sashay in a sentence
The Drag Race host is set to sashay to the ABC comedy Happy Endings for a guest arc.
‘Sister, Sister,’ ‘Brady Bunch Movie’ & More RuPaul Cameos (VIDEO) | Kevin Fallon | December 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn this case, don a pair of pumps, slip into a dress, and sashay into a shiny new job.
Boycott the Cross-Dressing Show! ABC’s New Sitcom ‘Work It’ Doesn't Work | Noelle Howey | January 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd watch the backs of the heads of the aura vampires in your life getting tinier and tinier as they sashay away.
In that sea and that wind the progress of the Dobson was, as the Cap'n mentally put it, a "sashay."
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayBut when he got up on his hind legs an' begin ter sashay thet settled it.
Ted Strong's Motor Car | Edward C. Taylor
Who'll go 'long with me fur one farewell sashay with our own cannons?'
Those Times And These | Irvin S. Cobb"Hope I didn't put away too much fried chicken to sashay properly at the square dance," Bud remarked.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung | Victor AppletonIn them days they said 'promenade', 'sashay', 'swing corners', 'change partners'.
British Dictionary definitions for sashay
/ (sæˈʃeɪ) /
to move, walk, or glide along casually
to move or walk in a showy way; parade
Origin of sashay
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