ballet A rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet).

Roget 218: inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion; contraposition etc. 237^†; contrariety etc. 14; reversal; turn of the tide.    overturn; somersault, somerset; summerset^†; culbute^†; revulsion; pirouette.    transposition, transposal^†, anastrophy^†, metastasis, hyperbaton^†, anastrophe^†, hysteron proteron [Gr.], hypallage^†, synchysis^†, tmesis^†, parenthesis; metathesis; palindrome.    pronation and supination [Anat.].    ... meer laten zien

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation^†, circumvolution, circumgyration^†; volutation^†, circination^†, turbination^†, pirouette, convolution.    verticity^†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge^†; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion.    [rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil.    [rotation of an automobile] spin-out.    axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.    [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.    [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM.    [result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.    [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel^†, teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone^†, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.].    [Science of rotary motion] trochilics^†.    [person who rotates] whirling dervish.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: pirouette
Pools: piruecik

Do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance.

Roget 312: rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve^†; circulate; gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette; twirl, trundle, troll, bowl.    roll up, furl; wallow, welter; box the compass; spin like a top, spin like a teetotum^†.    [of an automobile] spin out.    ... meer laten zien