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pirouette
noun as in gyration
noun as in revolution
noun as in turn
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in whirl
verb as in gyrate
verb as in roll
verb as in rotate
verb as in spin
verb as in turn
Strong matches
verb as in twirl
verb as in wheel
Example Sentences
His bustling run in the final embers, spinning around and charging through Castres defenders before pirouetting over the line, could well become a trademark for club and country.
She pirouetted and handed me a single flower.
A jeté flashes in silhouette, a pirouette vanishes like a whisper.
The rest of the ensemble also capably pirouettes from jokes to terror, led by Stevens, sporting aviators and a Queens accent as the shifty, untrustworthy Frank.
Like a dainty ballerina, the world's biggest iceberg has just completed a perfect pirouette.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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