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Definition: Sashay |
SashayNoun1. 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; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field". Verb1. Move sideways. 2. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others: "He strut around like a rooster in a hen house.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sashay" was first used: 1836. (references) |
Synonyms: SashaySynonyms: chasse (n), excursion (n), expedition (n), jaunt (n), junket (n), outing (n), pleasure trip (n), cock (v), prance (v), ruffle (v), sidle (v), strut (v), swagger (v). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Sashay" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Sashay" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 66.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 33.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sashay | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sashay"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | нося се (be rife, bound, drift, float, hover, rack, resound, ride, roll, sail, skim, skitter, slip, spin along, sweep, wear, wing), движа се настрана, движа се диагонално. (various references) | |
German | stolzieren (be proud, display, flounce, parade, stalk, strut, swagger), schwänzeln (crawl, fawn, to fawn, wag, wag its tail), tänzeln (Bob, flounce, mince, prance, skip, trip), gleiten (be chucked, float, floating, glide, plane, range, sail, skid, slide, slip, to float, to glide, to sashay), flutschen (go smoothly, go swimmingly, slide, to sashay). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sasszézik (to sashay, to skip), sasíroz (to sashay). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashaysay.(various references) | |
Russian | скользящей походкой, выступать (appear, beetle, erupt, march off, march out), направляться (go for, head, make for, repair, strike out, wend one's way, zeroing), двигаться плавной. (various references) | |
Spanish | zigzaguear (zigzag), caminar (distance, go, hie, hiking, home in on, run, running, toil, trail, travel, tread, tread down, trot, tumble over, walk, wend one's way), andar pavoneándose. (various references) | |
Swedish | svassa (flounce, strut about). (various references) | |
Thai | เ"ินกรี"กราย. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | виступати (address, appear, beetle, jut, pierce out, speak), прямувати (go, head, ride, steer, strike, turn, wend, wend one's way). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | chacier. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sashay": sashayed, sashaying, sashays. (additional references) | |
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"Sashay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abhay, Ashai, Isahaya, Jashav, Kashgay, Pakshaya, Qashqai, Rashaya, Sahai, Sahal, sahha, Sanha, Sapha, sasha, sashe, Sasho, Sashok, Sassay, sazhen, Sazhi, Sesha, Seshan, seshen, Shaihah, Shasha, Spasskaya, Swasthya. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: assay, ayahs, shays. | |
-2 letters: aahs, ashy, ayah, hays, sash, says, shay. | |
-3 letters: aah, aas, aha, ash, ass, ays, has, hay, say, sha, shy, yah. | |
-4 letters: aa, ah, as, ay, ha, sh, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: sashays. | |
+2 letters: ashtrays, hearsays, sashayed, washdays, yashmacs, yashmaks. | |
+3 letters: asphyxias, dysphasia, haystacks, headstays, sashaying. | |
+4 letters: ayahuascas, dysphagias, dysphasias, hypabyssal, paraphyses, paraphysis, synalephas. | |
+5 letters: asphyxiates, bathyscaphs, dysarthrias, hyaloplasms, hypoplasias, hypospadias, myasthenias, satyagrahas, shaggymanes, shandygaffs, synaloephas, thysanurans. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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