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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



... displaying their rough flannel shirts and belts, in which were carried sheath knives, chose their partners and went at it with a will, to Dick's music, while he fiddled and shouted such directions as "Sashay ...
— Ungava Bob - A Winter's Tale • Dillon Wallace
... 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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