sashay
To walk casually, showily, or in a flirty mannerTo walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.
» He sashayed around the room.
Он плавно прохаживался по комнате. — shanghainese
Spamster · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(intransitive)To walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.
schwingen, tänzeln
(intransitive)To chassé when dancing.
(intransitive)To move sideways.
move sideways
Examples
1 sentencesHe sashayed around the room.
ruОн плавно прохаживался по комнате. — shanghainese
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from LVerlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō (“to take”).
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Forms
sashays, sashaying, sashayed, sashayedSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.