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Sashay

verb
1.
Move sideways.  Synonym: sidle.
2.
To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.  Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, strut, swagger, tittup.
3.
Perform a chasse step, in ballet.  Synonym: chasse.
noun
1.
A square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps.
2.
(ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.  Synonym: chasse.
3.
A journey taken for pleasure.  Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip.  "It was merely a pleasure trip" , "After cautious sashays into the field"





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"Sashay" Quotes from Famous Books



... her furs, and the moths never touched a thing. But she said the moths had a high old time all summer. They would get together in squads and go to the barrel and smell at the bung-hole, and lock arms and sashay around the room, staggering just as though there was an election, and about eleven o'clock they would walk up to a red spot in the carpet and take a lunch, just like men going to ...
— Peck's Sunshine - Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, - Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 • George W. Peck
... backed off in apparent alarm. "Say, is this a weddin' garment you're onload'n' on me? Do I have to sashay down a church aisle ...
— The Big-Town Round-Up • William MacLeod Raine
... off in apparent alarm. "Say, is this a weddin' garment you're onload'n' on me? Do I have to sashay down a church aisle ...
— The Big-Town Round-Up • William MacLeod Raine
... wound Reddy's tender feelings, and him so bent on matrimony!" said Denver innocently. "Get a move on them fried spuds and sashay them down this way, if there's any left when y'u ...
— Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West • William MacLeod Raine
... to wound Reddy's tender feelings, and him so bent on matrimony!" said Denver innocently. "Get a move on them fried spuds and sashay them down this way, if there's any left when y'u fill your ...
— Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West • William MacLeod Raine


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