jeté

Examples

• All

• During the performance, the dancer showcased an impressive jeté that dazzled the audience.

• I don't throw myself totally into the tour jeté because I know Madame is going to clap her hands together.

  Fiction book (1996)

• ♪ We're dancing the tour jeté most of all ♪

  Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)

• Okay, now we're gonna do jeté.

  Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)

• Other times she finds a reason to walk across the room, which isn't even large enough for a grand jeté.

  Fiction book (1996)

• By the way, that crazy jumpy thing is called le grand jeté, and you're not ready.

  Ballerina (2016)

• The eras of the ballet glide by on pointe and leap with a grand tour jeté into the wings.

  Fiction book (1992)

• We're near the end; we've done our solo grand jetés, our pirouettes in place; we've even gotten applause, and now we're together again.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Vanessa spun in a pirouette, leaped in grand jetés, and held a long, beautiful pose in arabesque.

  Fiction book (1997)

• As she flew through the air, her jeté perfectly illustrated her years of training in ballet.

Synonyms

H

hop

vsjeté

41 1.0

A quick small jump often on one foot

is a larger ballet jump moving from one foot to the other with split

L

leaping

vsjeté

9 1.3

A quick, strong jump upward or forward

is a specific ballet jump between feet often with a split in the air

How High

jeté

• Specialized

1 9.5

to jump

∞ 1.0

to hop

133 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology