sashays

Walks with flair

Sashays is the third-person singular of sashay, meaning to walk or move with an exaggerated swaying motion, often suggesting confidence or showiness: She sashays into the room like she owns the place.

The word can carry a theatrical or camp quality, sometimes used mockingly: He sashayed down the hallway in his new outfit.

flamboyance

flair

Stylish natural aptitude

dramatic · theatrical · flouncing · flourish · boldness · attitude · panache · pizzazz · diva · runway

walking

struts

Walks with swagger

flounces · minces · sidles · swishes · sweeps · parades · strolls · ambles · catwalks · swings

dance

chassé

Gliding dance step

grapevine · glissade · pas · choreography · slide · waltz · foxtrot · quickstep · polka · square dance

Opposites
manner of movement

sashaystrudges

Walks laboriously

shuffles · plods · stomps · lumbers · clomps

attitude conveyed through movement

sashaysslinks

Moves with furtive stealth

skulks · creeps · cowers · shrinks · sidles

Family

sashay, sashayed, sashaying

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G