SASHAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sashay mean? 

• SASHAY (noun)
  The noun SASHAY has 3 senses:

1. a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

2. (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading

3. a journey taken for pleasure

  Familiarity information: SASHAY used as a noun is uncommon.

• SASHAY (verb)
  The verb SASHAY has 3 senses:

1. move sideways

2. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

3. perform a chasse step, in ballet

  Familiarity information: SASHAY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SASHAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sashay" is a kind of...):

contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance; country dancing (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)

Holonyms ("sashay" is a part of...):

square dance; square dancing (American country dancing in which couples form squares)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

chasse; sashay

Hypernyms ("sashay" is a kind of...):

dance step; step (a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance)

Domain category:

ballet; concert dance (a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers)

Derivation:

sashay (move sideways)

sashay (perform a chasse step, in ballet)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A journey taken for pleasure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

excursion; expedition; jaunt; junket; outing; pleasure trip; sashay

Context example:

after cautious sashays into the field

Hypernyms ("sashay" is a kind of...):

journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sashay"):

airing (a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air)

field trip (a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination)

• SASHAY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move sideways

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sashay; sidle

Hypernyms (to "sashay" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

sashay ((ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

cock; prance; ruffle; sashay; strut; swagger; tittup

Context example:

He struts around like a rooster in a hen house

Hypernyms (to "sashay" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The children sashay to the playground

Sense 3

Meaning:

Perform a chasse step, in ballet

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

chasse; sashay

Hypernyms (to "sashay" is one way to...):

dance (move in a graceful and rhythmical way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

sashay ((ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading)