different between flounce vs sashay

English

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian flunsa (“hurry”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Or, perhaps formed on the pattern of pounce, bounce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla?ns/
• Rhymes: -a?ns

Verb

flounce (third-person singular simple present flounces, present participle flouncing, simple past and past participle flounced)

1. To move in an exaggerated, bouncy manner.
2. (archaic) To flounder; to make spastic motions.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)

     To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us.

   • 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses

     With his broad fins and forky tail he laves / The rising surge, and flounces in the waves.

3. To decorate with a flounce.
4. To depart in a haughty, dramatic way that draws attention to oneself.

Translations

Noun

flounce (plural flounces)

1. (sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.^W

   • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

2. The act of flouncing.

Derived terms

• flouncy

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References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

English

Etymology

Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from Latin capt?, frequentative of capi? (“I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæ?e?/, /sæ??e?/
• Homophone: sachet
• Rhymes: -æ?e?, -e?

Noun

sashay (plural sashays)

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

Verb

sashay (third-person singular simple present sashays, present participle sashaying, simple past and past participle sashayed)

1. (intransitive) To walk casually, showily or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.
2. (intransitive) To chassé when dancing.
3. (intransitive) To move sideways.
   • 2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)[2]

     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.

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