sashay

[ 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.

sashay

/ sæˈʃeɪ /

verb

1. to move, walk, or glide along casually
2. to move or walk in a showy way; parade

Word History and Origins

Origin of sashay¹

1830–40, Americanism; metathetic variant of chassé ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of sashay¹

C19: from an alteration of chassé , a gliding dance step

Example Sentences

The Drag Race host is set to sashay to the ABC comedy Happy Endings for a guest arc.

From The Daily Beast

In this case, don a pair of pumps, slip into a dress, and sashay into a shiny new job.

From The Daily Beast

And watch the backs of the heads of the aura vampires in your life getting tinier and tinier as they sashay away.

From The Daily Beast

In that sea and that wind the progress of the Dobson was, as the Cap'n mentally put it, a "sashay."

From Project Gutenberg

But when he got up on his hind legs an' begin ter sashay thet settled it.

From Project Gutenberg

Who'll go 'long with me fur one farewell sashay with our own cannons?'

From Project Gutenberg

"Hope I didn't put away too much fried chicken to sashay properly at the square dance," Bud remarked.

From Project Gutenberg

In them days they said 'promenade', 'sashay', 'swing corners', 'change partners'.

From Project Gutenberg