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sa⋅shay

[sa-shey]
–verb (used without object) Informal.
1. to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She just sashayed in as if she owned the place.
2. to chassé in dancing.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; metathetic var. of chassé
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sa·shay   (sā-shā')   
intr.v.   sa·shayed, sa·shay·ing, sa·shays
    1. To walk or proceed, especially in an easy or casual manner.

    2. To strut or flounce in a showy manner: sashaying around the dinner party in his fancy new clothes.

  1. To perform the chassé in dancing.

  2. To move in a sideways manner.

n.  
  1. A chassé.

  2. An excursion; an outing.

  3. A figure in square dancing in which partners circle each other by taking sideways steps.


[Alteration of chassé.]
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Word Origin & History

sashay  (v.)
1836, from mangled Anglicization of Fr. chassé "gliding step" (in square dancing), lit. "chased," pp. of chasser "to chase," from O.Fr. chacier "to hunt," from V.L. *captiare (see capable, and cf. chase, catch). The noun is attested from 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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