verb
sashay
SA-shay
verb
1
To walk in a confident, showy, or swaggering way.
"She sashayed into the room like she owned it."
"He sashayed past the judges, grinning at the crowd."
How to Use Sashay
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo walk somewhere in a breezy, confident, look-at-me way.
Common pairings
sashay in
sashay down the street
sashay past someone
Word Forms
sashayed past tense, sashays plural, sashays singular
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Etymology
An American reshaping of the French dance term chassé ("to chase" or "glide"), altered in pronunciation and spelling as it passed into everyday English.