pirouettes 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 "pirouettes" in a sentence

1. Series of batteries, Arabesques, pirouettes and attitudes offer spectators truly virtuoso variations and adages.

2. It is fast paced with big movements like Battements, an attitude turn, pirouettes, and a balance

3. Successions de batteries, Arabesques, pirouettes et attitudes offrent aux spectateurs des variations et adages d'une belle virtuosité

4. He comes on stage performing ballet steps, pirouettes off into the wings, makes some weird grunting sounds, then reappears.

5. (ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg 1894, Arthur Machen, Memoirs of Casanova‎[1]: […] 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