sashay

noun

1. A chassé.
2. A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.

verb

1. (intransitive)To walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.

   ““Fresh guy,” explained Aileen, “last night as I was going home at Twenty-third and Sixth. Sashayed up, so he did, and made a break. I turned him down, cold, and he made a sneak; […]”

   “Some time, when they shift some decent guards on us that will give us a peep at a newspaper, you get yourself thrown into the jacket, climb out of your body, and sashay down to little old ’Frisco.”

   “… He got on Forty-second Street, and he was kinda fresh from the start. At Sixty-sixth he came sasshaying^([sic]) right down the car and said ‘Hello, patootie!’ Well, I drew myself up …”

   “It does amuse to remember the fadeout road of Chaplin's silent days, the empty dusty vista down which, at the end of every adventure, the little bum recedingly sashayed, knapsack aboard.”

   “Goldie pulled her skirts up in front of her, gave Elijah a look over her shoulder, and sashayed away.”

2. (intransitive)To chassé when dancing.

   “"Hope I didn't put away too much fried chicken to sashay properly at the square dance," Bud remarked.”

3. (intransitive)To move sideways.

   “Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre- half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty.”