sidle

Verb
Synonyms: sashay

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. move unobtrusively or furtively“The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log”
  2. move sidewaysSynonyms: sashay
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sidle \Si"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sidled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sidling.] [From Side.] To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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