pirouette

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet.

   “[…]like what?—like the most beautiful pirouette by [Marie] Taglioni, let us say.”

2. isim The whirling about of a horse.
3. isim A wooden mouthpiece assembly or lip rest used in some European double-reed instruments.
4. fiil To perform a pirouette; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer.

   “The way in which they dance; the height to which they spring; the impossible and inhuman extent to which they pirouette; […].”