sashay
/ˈsæʃeɪ/
sashay noun: a chassé.
Noun
sashay (plural sashays)
- A chassé.
- 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)
- To walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.
- “Fresh guy,” explained Aileen, “last night as I was going home at Twenty-third and Sixth. Sashayed up, so he did, and made a break. I turned him down, cold, and he made a sneak; […]1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Brief Début Of Tildy”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 256
- Some time, when they shift some decent guards on us that will give us a peep at a newspaper, you get yourself thrown into the jacket, climb out of your body, and sashay down to little old ’Frisco.1915, Jack London, The Star Rover
- To chassé when dancing.
- "Hope I didn't put away too much fried chicken to sashay properly at the square dance," Bud remarked.1961, Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
- To move sideways.
- Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre- half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty.2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, “(please specify the article title)”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC
sashay meaning in Tamil and Urdu
sashay in Tamil
- ஒயில் நடை
sashay in Urdu
- بےپروائی سے بڑھنا, جھوم جھوم کر چلنا
Examples of sashay in a sentence
- It does amuse to remember the fadeout road of Chaplin's silent days, the empty dusty vista down which, at the end of every adventure, the little bum recedingly sashayed, knapsack aboard.1959, Truman Capote, Observations. […], page 18:
- Goldie pulled her skirts up in front of her, gave Elijah a look over her shoulder, and sashayed away.1994, Walter Dean Myers, The Glory Field, →ISBN, page 80:
- She sashayed into the villa as just another bombshell, but stole the show.2022 October 15, Zoe Williams, “Love Island winner Ekin-Su on sex, spin-offs and surgery […] ”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian...
Forms of sashay
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sashays |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sashays |
| present participle | sashaying |
| past participle | sashayed |
| past | sashayed |
Origin of sashay
Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō (“to take”).
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Questions about sashay
- What does sashay mean?
- Sashay means a chassé.
- What is sashay in Tamil?
- Sashay in Tamil is ஒயில் நடை. See Sashay meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use sashay in a sentence?
- It does amuse to remember the fadeout road of Chaplin's silent days, the empty dusty vista down which, at the end of every adventure, the little bum recedingly sashayed, knapsack aboard.
- What part of speech is sashay?
- Sashay can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sashay?
- Sashay is pronounced /ˈsæʃeɪ/.
- What is the plural of sashay?
- The plural of sashay is sashays.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sashay (page history and authors); sashay (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sashay (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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