sashay

[ sa-shey ]

/ sæˈʃeɪ /

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verb (used without object) Informal.

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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Origin of sashay

1830–40, Americanism; metathetic variant of chassé

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sashay

sachet, sashay , Sasha

Words nearby sashay

Sasebo, Saseno, saser, sash, Sasha, sashay, sash bar, sash chain, sash cord, sashimi, sash ribbon

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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.
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In this case, don a pair of pumps, slip into a dress, and sashay into a shiny new job.
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And watch the backs of the heads of the aura vampires in your life getting tinier and tinier as they sashay away.
The Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|August 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
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 Day

But 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.
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In them days they said 'promenade', 'sashay', 'swing corners', 'change partners'.
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British Dictionary definitions for sashay

sashay

/ (sæˈʃeɪ) /

verb (intr) informal

to move, walk, or glide along casually

to move or walk in a showy way; parade

Word Origin for sashay

C19: from an alteration of chassé, a gliding dance step

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