Sashay Definition

să-shā
sashayed, sashaying, sashays
verb
sashaying, sashays
To walk in an easy, casual manner.
Webster's New World
To do a chassé in a square dance.
Webster's New World
To walk in a showy or affectedly casual manner, as with an exaggerated swaying of the hips and shoulders.
Webster's New World
To move in a sideways manner.
American Heritage
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noun
sashays
A chassé.
Wiktionary
An excursion; an outing.
American Heritage
A figure in square dancing in which partners circle each other by taking sideways steps.
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Other Word Forms of Sashay

Noun

Singular:
sashay
Plural:
sashays

Origin of Sashay

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of chassé

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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