to pirouette

Examples

• All

• He watched me pirouette in my first dress, made of crumply gauze material the thrift store lady called "taffy-ta."

  Fiction book (1998)

• And you mean you can pirouette and all that sort of thing?

  Waterloo Bridge (1940)

• To pirouette, you must become the mistress of your dizziness.

  Ballerina (2016)

• Arabesque, prepare, pirouette and twirl.

  The Producers (2005)

• Arabesque, prepare, pirouette!

  The Producers (2005)

• She began to pirouette before her audience of one, her lean body stretching upward, her hair gently wavering in the stillness of the air.

  Fiction book (1991)

• She even refrained from ridiculing me, as Miss Gita surely would have, as I wobbled like a damaged top, trying to pirouette across the room.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The young dancer practiced every day to perfect her pirouette in ballet class.

• During the recital, she executed a flawless pirouette, leaving the audience in awe.

• To master the pirouette, dancers must focus on their balance and technique.

Synonyms

T

to twizzle

vsto pirouette

• Jargon

8.9

To spin quickly on one foot as a move in skating or dance

is performed as a controlled full turn rather than a very rapid spin

How Fast

to whirl

17 2.6

to pirouette

2 6.7

to spin

227 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology