verb
General Slang
sashay
· verb · drag
To strut off with full flamboyant, hip-swinging swagger.
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To sashay is to walk with confident, swaying, theatrical flair — hips going, arms loose, owning every step. It traces back to the French 'chasser' and entered American slang around the 1920s, then got adopted hard by drag and cabaret performers as a strut of glamour and defiance. RuPaul later sharpened it into 'sashay away' — the line a queen hears when she's eliminated.
“She read the whole panel for filth, then sashayed out before they could clap back.”
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sashay In A Sentence
She read the whole panel for filth, then sashayed out before they could clap back.
Origin & Usage
From French 'chasser,' anglicised c.1920s. Embraced by Harlem Renaissance and mid-century drag/cabaret; later 'sashay away' on RuPaul's Drag Race.
Variants
sashay away
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