sashay

1. 1.

   move sideways

   Synonymssidle

   Broadermove
2. 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”

   Synonymstittupswaggerruffleprancestrutcock

   Broaderwalk
3. 3.

   perform a chasse step, in ballet

   Synonymschasse

   Broaderdance

Other forms of sashay

plural

sashays·

past tense

sashayed·

present participle

sashaying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sashay

What does sashay mean?

sashay means "a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sashay?

sashay has 2 syllables and divides as sa-shay under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sashay?

Close synonyms include chasse, excursion, jaunt, outing, junket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sashay a common word?

sashay is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.