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plural pirouettes
A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet. examples
The whirling about of a horse. examples
third-person singular simple present pirouettes, present participle pirouetting, simple past and past participle pirouetted
(intransitive) To perform a pirouette; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer. quotations examples
I came down like a sack of coals. The pulse was rapid, the blood pressure high, and for awhile the Blue Room pirouetted about me like an adagio dancer.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII