pirouette

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: pir=ou=ette

CIDE DICTIONARY

pirouette, n. [F.; of uncertain origin.].

•  A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.  [1913 Webster]
•  The whirling about of a horse.  [1913 Webster]

pirouette, v. i. [F. pirouetter.].

 To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pirouette, n. & v.
--n. a dancer's spin on one foot or the point of the toe.
--v.intr. perform a pirouette.

Etymology

F, = spinning-top

THESAURUS

pirouette

Charybdis, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, crank, dizzy round, eddy, go around, go round, gurge, gyrate, gyre, maelstrom, pivot, pivoting, rat race, reel, revolution, revolve, rotate, round, screw, spin, surge, swing, swirl, swivel, turn, turn a pirouette, turn around, turn round, twirl, twist, vortex, wamble, wheel, whirl, whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, wind

ROGET THESAURUS

pirouette

Inversion

N inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.

Rotation

N 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, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, dust devil, 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, helix, helical motion, angular momentum, angular velocity, revolutions per minute, RPM, centrifugal force, surge, vertigo, dizzy round, coriolus force, 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, trochilics, whirling dervish, rotating, rotary, rotary, circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical, vorticose, head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.

VB 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, spin out.