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sashay


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.

verb (intr) informal

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

v.1836, mangled Englishing of French chassé “gliding step” (in square dancing), literally “chased,” past participle of chasser “to chase,” from Old French chacier “to hunt,” from Vulgar Latin *captiare (see capable, and cf. chase, catch). Related: Sashayed; sashaying. The noun is attested from 1900.

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