intr.v., -shayed, -shay·ing, -shays.
- To walk or proceed, especially in an easy or casual manner.
- To strut or flounce in a showy manner: sashaying around the dinner party in his fancy new clothes.
- To perform the chassé in dancing.
- To move in a sideways manner.
- A chassé.
- An excursion; an outing.
- A figure in square dancing in which partners circle each other by taking sideways steps.
[Alteration of CHASSÉ.]
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