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Whirl round on one's toes
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pirouette
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Pirouettes To finish with, Jennie suggested that Katharine have a go at some pirouettes. ▪ He became like a male ballet dancer - a support to lift up his glamorous partner and help her turn beautiful pirouettes. ▪ He comes on ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pirouette \Pir`ou*ette"\, n. [F.; of uncertain origin.] A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing. (Man.) The whirling about of a horse.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A Pirouette is a French word for the Ballet reference, "to whirl about." A pirouette is a two-track lateral movement asked of a horse in dressage , in which the animal makes a circle with its front end around a smaller circle made by the hind end. Specifically, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1822, from pirouette (n.) and also from French pirouetter . Related: Pirouetted ; pirouetting .\n
Usage examples of pirouette.
Many nights I dreamt about doing multiple pirouettes and the feeling was incredibly exhilarating.
I saw that fine figure coming forward with measured steps, and when the dancer had arrived in front of the stage, he raised slowly his rounded arms, stretched them gracefully backward and forward, moved his feet with precision and lightness, took a few small steps, made some battements and pirouettes, and disappeared like a butterfly.
Chelsea, eleven years old and a budding ballerina, jeted between rooms and pirouetted around her father and our guests until her bedtime.
Tents were being struck even while rehearsals continued, so that I saw a seemingly solid pyramid of striped canvas collapse like a flag thrown down and reveal beyond it the grass-green megathere rearing on his hind legs while a dancer pirouetted on his forehead.
He did a beautiful sitting pirouette, came out of it with lunging strokes and did a double Salchow that was a very tough thing to do.
Lifting her arms behind her head, she pirouetted slowly before Robie to show how much she did for her bolero half-jacket and her form-fitting slacks that melted into skylon just above the knees.
At last they paused, and a beautiful young woman sprang out of the ranks and began to pirouette in front of us with a grace and vigour which would have put most ballet girls to shame.
Tourne, pirouette, frappe-toi le ventre, lance ta jambe vers le ciel: devenez des toupies.
Anne wheeled her mount from the road and into the forest, a wind blew through, resurrecting the dead leaves into aerial dancers pirouetting in vorticose ballet.
ANNE WHEELED HER MOUNT from the road and into the forest, a wind blew through, resurrecting the dead leaves into aerial dancers pirouetting in vorticose ballet.
Carreon ships flew by them, pirouetting and concentrating their fire on one of the Iconian ships.
Captain Putz from Royal Ruritanian Airways, and indeed when the show opened, Ralf pranced on stage to gasps, and then nervous giggles, and then some real laughter as he did a drag-queen runway pirouette.
While Zanni cavorted, flickered and pirouetted, he held his elbows high and seemed to dance weightlessly on his tiptoes.
I saw that fine figure coming forward with measured steps, and when the dancer had arrived in front of the stage, he raised slowly his rounded arms, stretched them gracefully backward and forward, moved his feet with precision and lightness, took a few small steps, made some battements and pirouettes, and disappeared like a butterfly.
Immediately two of the blue cephalopods began a stately pirouette about her fingertips, twisting and somersaulting with gravity-defying grace.