sashay

English

Etymology

French chasser, chase, from Latin verb captare, from perfect passive participle captus, from verb capere, take.

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: sachet
• Rhymes: -æʃeɪ

Noun

sashay (plural sashays)

1. A chassé.
2. A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.

Verb

sashay (third-person singular simple present sashays, present participle sashaying, simple past and past participle sashayed)

1. (intransitive) To walk casually or showily; to strut, swagger or flounce.
   • 1994, Walter Dean Myers, The Glory Field^[1], ISBN 978054505575, page 80:

     Goldie pulled her skirts up in front of her, gave Elijah a look over her shoulder, and sashayed away.

2. (intransitive) To chassé when dancing.
3. (intransitive) To move sideways.