Definition of Sashay

1. Noun. A square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps.


2. Verb. Move sideways.
Exact synonyms: Sidle
Generic synonyms: Move

3. Noun. (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
Exact synonyms: Chasse
Category relationships: Ballet, Concert Dance
Generic synonyms: Dance Step, Step
Derivative terms: Chasse

4. Verb. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. "The children sashay to the playground"; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
Exact synonyms: Cock, Prance, Ruffle, Strut, Swagger, Tittup
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Prance, Prancer, Strut, Swagger, Swaggerer

5. Noun. A journey taken for pleasure. "After cautious sashays into the field"
Exact synonyms: Excursion, Expedition, Jaunt, Junket, Outing, Pleasure Trip
Generic synonyms: Journey, Journeying
Specialized synonyms: Airing, Field Trip
Derivative terms: Excursionist, Jaunt, Junket

6. Verb. Perform a chasse step, in ballet.
Exact synonyms: Chasse
Generic synonyms: Dance
Derivative terms: Chasse

Definition of Sashay

1. Noun. A chassé. ¹

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

3. Verb. (intransitive) To walk casually or showily; to strut, swagger or flounce. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To chassé when dancing. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To move sideways. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sashay

1. to flounce [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: flounce

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sashay

sasaite
sasanach
sasanachs
sasarara
sasararas
sasbachite
sascab
sash
sash cord
sash fastener
sash line
sash lock
sash weight
sash window
sash windows
sashay (current term)
sashayed
sashaying
sashays
sashed
sasheries
sashery
sashes
sashichigal
sashimi
sashimis
sashing
sashless
sashoon
sashoons

Literary usage of Sashay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memorabilia and Anecdotal Reminiscences of Columbia, S. C.: And Incidents by Julian A. Selby, William Gilmore Simms (1905)
""sashay More!" Mr. John A. Moore, a lawyer, who had taken up the dancing fever ... I was sashaying as well as I could, and you kept yelling, 'sashay, Moore! ..."

2. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John Avery Lomax (1919)
"Bow down! right in town — and sashay down the middle; Got to keep a-movin' for to see the show! Yes, mam! Warm, mam ? Want to rest a minute ? ..."

3. Riders of the Stars: A Book of Western Verse by Henry Herbert Knibbs (1916)
"Say "Howl" make a bow, and sashay down the middle; Shake yo'r leg lively at the Cowboys' Ball. Big feet, little feet, all the feet a-clickin'; ..."

4. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"... abantu). sashay wa ng'uwe (for sashay wa uwe). L is used in a similar manner with nouns of the 2nd. and 5th. classes. ..."

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