Pir`ou*ette" (?), n. [F.; of uncertain origin.]

1.

A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

2. Man.

The whirling about of a horse.

 

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Pir`ou*ette", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pirouetted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pirouetting.] [F. pirouetter.]

To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.

 

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