verb (used without object) Informal.
- to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She just sashayed in as if she owned the place.
- to chassé in dancing.
verb (intr) informal
- to move, walk, or glide along casually
- 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.