pirouette

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WOTD - 6 February 2007    
See also Pirouette

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French pirouette

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Singular
pirouette

Plural
pirouettes

pirouette (plural pirouettes)

  1. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
  2. The whirling about of a horse.

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whirling or turning on the toes
the whirling about of a horse
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to pirouette

Third person singular
pirouettes

Simple past
pirouetted

Past participle
pirouetted

Present participle
pirouetting

to pirouette (third-person singular simple present pirouettes, present participle pirouetting, simple past and past participle pirouetted)

  1. (intransitive) To perform a pirouette; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer.

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to perform a pirouette

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pirouette f. (plural pirouettes)

  1. A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
  2. (sports, equestrians) A whirling volt movement made by a horse.

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