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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps
2: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading [syn: chasse, sashay]
3: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay] v
1: move sideways [syn: sidle, sashay]
2: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock]
3: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: alteration of chassé Date: 1836 1. to make a chassé 2. a. walk, glide, go b. to strut or move about in an ostentatious or conspicuous manner c. to proceed or move in a diagonal or sideways manner II. noun Date: 1900 1. trip, excursion 2. a square-dance figure in which partners sidestep in a circle around each other with the man moving behind the woman 3. chasse

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. esp. US colloq. walk or move ostentatiously, casually, or diagonally. Etymology: corrupt. of CHASSé

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sashays, sashaying, sashayed) If someone sashays, they walk in a graceful but rather noticeable way. The models sashayed down the catwalk. VERB: V prep/adv

Moby Thesaurus

amble, barge, be getting along, bowl along, bundle, buzz off, clump, come away, commute, course, cover ground, depart, drag, exit, fare, fare forth, fetch, flit, flounce, flow, foot, footslog, gang, gang along, get along, get away, get off, get on, get under way, go, go along, go away, go off, go on, halt, hie, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jolt, jump, leave, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, march off, mince, mosey, move, move along, move away, move off, move on, move out, pace, paddle, pass, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, prink, progress, pull out, rack, roll, roll on, run, sashay off, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, stomp, straddle, straggle, stream, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swing, take flight, take wing, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, traipse, travel, trip, trudge, up and go, waddle, wamble, wayfare, wend, wiggle, wing it, wobble