pirouette in English

noun

1

an act of spinning on one foot, typically with the raised foot touching the knee of the supporting leg.

By the end of that week, I could consistently execute quadruple pirouettes to both right and left.

synonyms: spin, twirl, whirl, turn, twizzle

verb

1

perform a pirouette.

She twirled and pirouetted with her arms outstretched to catch the gliding snowflakes.

synonyms: spin around, twirl, whirl, turn around, revolve, pivot

noun

spin, twirl, whirl, turn, twizzle

verb

spin around, twirl, whirl, turn around, revolve, pivot

Use "pirouette" in a sentence

1. Katharine's first canter pirouette, pretty impressive!

2. Cerise was dressing as Pirouette in white when a fatal vision gripped her tight Cerise beware tonight

3. The Deputy Under Secretary rubbed his nose, watched a flake of skin pirouette down to the opened pages of the file.

4. Two Atlanta-based entities affiliated with Bickers, The Bickers Group and the Pirouette Company, were paid thousands of dollars to make robo-calls on Senator Cochran’s behalf by a super PAC that

5. Mavi floats across the stage like a leaf carried by the current, stretching and flowing from one move to the next—développé and pirouette, glissade and grand jeté.

6. The mountain’s only local rival in terms of rarity and showstopping beauty is the northern lights, the astronomical occurrence that causes a Cavalcade of colors to pirouette across the night sky near Earth's polar regions

7. "I don't share his view that the best scripts are only the ones that explore the perimeter of human experience, or flashily pirouette their witty and cynical dialogue for our admiration."

8. Until he was sent off Torres was the brightest player, offering a display that was peppered with menacing movementand muscular surges, with the chested control of Mata's lob after 29 minutes only Bettered by the pirouette and finish beyond Michel Vorm.

9. ‘There's this one, the Capriole, where the horse jumps up and snaps his hind legs out.’ More example sentences ‘Not knowing a pesade from a pirouette or a courbette from a Capriole, I was seduced by the riders' dashing livery of black boots, white tights, brown dress coat and gilded bicorn hat, and the ambiance of aristocratic Vienna.’

10. ‘There's this one, the Capriole, where the horse jumps up and snaps his hind legs out.’ More example sentences ‘Not knowing a pesade from a pirouette or a courbette from a Capriole, I was seduced by the riders' dashing livery of black boots, white tights, brown dress coat and gilded bicorn hat, and the ambiance of aristocratic Vienna.’