sashay

Meanings

Noun

A chassé.
A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.

Verb

To walk casually, showily or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.
To chassé when dancing.
To move sideways.

Origin

Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser, from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō.

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