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sashay
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sashay has 3 senses
- sashay(n = noun.act) Array - a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps; Array is a kind of contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country-dance, country dancing
- sashay(n = noun.act) chasse - (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading; Array is a kind of dance step, step
- sashay(n = noun.act) excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" is a kind of journey, journeying
is a part of square dance, square dancing
Derived forms verb sashay1, verb sashay3
has particulars: airing, field trip
Verb sashay has 3 senses
- sashay(v = verb.motion) sidle - move sideways; Array is one way to move
- sashay(v = verb.motion) cock, prance, ruffle, strut, swagger, tittup - to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" is one way to walk
- sashay(v = verb.motion) chasse - perform a chasse step, in ballet; Array is one way to dance
Derived form noun sashay2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Sample sentence:
The children sashay to the playground
Derived form noun sashay2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sashay, v.intr. esp. US colloq. walk or move ostentatiously, casually, or diagonally.
Etymology
corrupt. of CHASS{Eacute}
THESAURUS
sashay
amble, barge, be getting along, bowl along, bundle, buzz off, clump, come away, commute, course, cover ground, depart, drag, exit, fare, fare forth, fetch, flit, flounce, flow, foot, footslog, gang, gang along, get along, get away, get off, get on, get under way, go, go along, go away, go off, go on, halt, hie, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jolt, jump, leave, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, march off, mince, mosey, move, move along, move away, move off, move on, move out, pace, paddle, pass, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, prink, progress, pull out, rack, roll, roll on, run, sashay off, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, stomp, straddle, straggle, stream, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swing, take flight, take wing, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, traipse, travel, trip, trudge, up and go, waddle, wamble, wayfare, wend, wiggle, wing it, wobble
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