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Dear belMarduk: Do you square dance? or just like "sashay" because it is a corruption of a French word?
sashay
SYLLABICATION:
sa·shay
PRONUNCIATION:
s-sh
INTRANSITIVE
VERB:
Inflected forms: sa·shayed, sa·shay·ing, sa·shays
1a. Informal To walk or proceed, especially in an easy or casual manner. b. To
strut or flounce in a showy manner: sashaying around the dinner party in his
fancy new clothes. 2. To perform the chassé in dancing. 3. To move in a
sideways manner.
NOUN:
1. A chassé. 2. An excursion; an outing. 3. A figure in square dancing in which
partners circle each other by taking sideways steps.
ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of chassé.
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