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Definition of Pirouette
1. Noun. (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet).
2. Verb. Do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance.
Definition of Pirouette
1. n. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
2. v. i. To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.
Definition of Pirouette
1. Noun. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet. ¹
2. Noun. The whirling about of a horse. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To perform a '''pirouette'''; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pirouette
1. [v -ETTED, -ETTING, -ETTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pirouette
Literary usage of Pirouette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Horsemanship for Women by Theodore Hoe Mead (1887)
"THE pirouette, DEUX PISTES, PASSAGE. IN the pirouette ordinaire of the French
manege the horse turns upon one of his hind-legs, walking on the other three ..."
2. The Antique Greek Dance, After Sculptured and Painted Figures by Maurice Emmanuel (1916)
"Preparation for the pirouette.—261. Execution of the pirouette.—262. ...
pirouette outward and pirouette inward.—271. pirouette on the instep. ..."
3. Curb, Snaffle, and Spur: A Method of Training Young Horses for the Cavalry by Edward Lowell Anderson (1894)
"THE pirouette VOLTE. THE horse should now be ridden in the travers and renvers
in the walk and in the united trot, both to the right and to the left, ..."
4. Æsthetic Dancing by Emil Rath (1914)
"^Esthetic movements with the pirouette In arranging combinations of the pirouette
the ... EXAMPLE: pirouette to the left, arms moving from low 3rd amplified ..."
5. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"... of Music—Cymbals, Trumpets, Drums, Harps, Guitars, Lyres, Flutes, Pipes,
Sistra, Sacred Instruments—Dancing—The pirouette and Figure ..."
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