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pirouetting

pirouetting is the present participle and gerund of pirouette.

Meaning of pirouette

Verb

pirouette (third-person singular simple present pirouettes, present participle pirouetting, simple past and past participle pirouetted)

  1. (intransitive) 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; […].1846, Charles Dickens, Pictures from Italy, London: […] Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC

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Noun

pirouetting (plural pirouettings)

  1. The act of turning a pirouette.
    • He used to seat you on the piano and then, with vehement gestures and pirouettings, would argue the case. Not one word of the speech did you understand.1887, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, History of Woman Suffrage

Forms of pirouetting

pluralpirouettings

Questions about pirouetting

What does pirouetting mean?
Pirouetting means the act of turning a pirouette.
What is pirouetting the present participle and gerund of?
Pirouetting is the present participle and gerund of pirouette.
What part of speech is pirouetting?
Pirouetting is a noun.
What is the plural of pirouetting?
The plural of pirouetting is pirouettings.

Words near pirouetting in the dictionary

  1. pirouette
  2. pirouetted
  3. pirouetter
  4. pirouetters
  5. pirouettes
  6. pirouetting
  7. pirouettings
  8. pirouettist
  9. pirouettists
  10. Pirouzfar
  11. Pirouzfars

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