sashay – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: contra danse,
contradance,
contredanse,
country dancing,
country-dance,
dance step,
step,
journey,
journeying,
move,
walk
sashay
v.
glide, move smoothly and easily, walk elegantly; make a chassé; proceed or move in a diagonal manner
Chasse
Chasse or
chassé (French for "to chase") is a
dance step used in many dances in many variations. All variations are
triple-step patterns of gliding character in a "step-together-step" pattern. The word came from ballet terminology.
sashay
Noun
1. a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps
(hypernym) country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance
(part-holonym) square dance, square dancing
2. (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
(synonym) chasse
(hypernym) dance step, step
(derivation) chasse
(classification) ballet, concert dance
3. a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
(synonym) excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition
(hypernym) journey, journeying
(hyponym) airing
Verb
1. move sideways
(synonym) sidle
(hypernym) move
(derivation) chasse
2. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
(synonym) swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, cock
(hypernym) walk
3. perform a chasse step, in ballet
(synonym) chasse
(hypernym) dance
(derivation) chasse
sashay
Synonyms and related words:
amble, barge, be getting along, bowl along, bundle, buzz off, clump, come away, commute, course, cover ground, depart, drag, exit, fare, fare forth, fetch, flit, flounce, flow, foot, footslog, gang, gang along, get along, get away, get off, get on, get under way, go, go along, go away, go off, go on, halt, hie, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jolt, jump, leave, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, march off, mince, mosey, move, move along, move away, move off, move on, move out, pace, paddle, pass, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, prink, progress, pull out, rack, roll, roll on, run, sashay off, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, stomp, straddle, straggle, stream, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger, swing, take flight, take wing, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, traipse, travel, trip, trudge, up and go, waddle, wamble, wayfare, wend, wiggle, wing it, wobble
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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