"sashay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsæʃeɪ/, /sæˈʃeɪ/ Audio: En-us-sashay.ogg [US] Forms: sashays [plural]
Rhymes: -æʃeɪ, -eɪ Etymology: Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō (“I take”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{glossary|verlan|Verlan}} Verlan, {{glossary|metathesis}} metathesis, {{uder|en|fr|chassé}} French chassé, {{m|fr|chasser||chase}} chasser (“chase”), {{uder|en|la|captō}} Latin captō, {{glossary|frequentative}} frequentative, {{m|la|capiō||I take}} capiō (“I take”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sashay (plural sashays)
  1. A chassé.
    Sense id: en-sashay-en-noun-FJiwAtrB
  2. A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing. Categories (topical): Dance
    Sense id: en-sashay-en-noun-OMVdOgfz Disambiguation of Dance: 3 47 17 26 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 54 28 3 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 63 16 4 14 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 39 20 7 29

Verb

IPA: /ˈsæʃeɪ/, /sæˈʃeɪ/ Audio: En-us-sashay.ogg [US] Forms: sashays [present, singular, third-person], sashaying [participle, present], sashayed [participle, past], sashayed [past]
Rhymes: -æʃeɪ, -eɪ Etymology: Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō (“I take”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{glossary|verlan|Verlan}} Verlan, {{glossary|metathesis}} metathesis, {{uder|en|fr|chassé}} French chassé, {{m|fr|chasser||chase}} chasser (“chase”), {{uder|en|la|captō}} Latin captō, {{glossary|frequentative}} frequentative, {{m|la|capiō||I take}} capiō (“I take”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sashay (third-person singular simple present sashays, present participle sashaying, simple past and past participle sashayed)
  1. (intransitive) To walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Translations (to walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner): перча се (perča se) (Bulgarian), schwingen (German), tänzeln (German)
    Sense id: en-sashay-en-verb-NRBksdJ7 Disambiguation of Gaits: 6 12 45 8 29 Disambiguation of 'to walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner': 97 1 2
  2. (intransitive) To chassé when dancing. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-sashay-en-verb-p74Ywa6z
  3. (intransitive) To move sideways. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-sashay-en-verb-NwS4LyYc

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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961, Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung",
          "text": "\"Hope I didn't put away too much fried chicken to sashay properly at the square dance,\" Bud remarked.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To chassé when dancing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chassé",
          "chassé"
        ],
        [
          "dancing",
          "dancing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To chassé when dancing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move sideways."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sideways",
          "sideways"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To move sideways."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæʃeɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sæˈʃeɪ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sachet"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æʃeɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-sashay.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-us-sashay.ogg/En-us-sashay.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-us-sashay.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "perča se",
      "sense": "to walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner",
      "word": "перча се"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner",
      "word": "schwingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner",
      "word": "tänzeln"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sashay"
}

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