What's the difference between pirouette and twirl?
Pirouette
Definition:
(n.) A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.
(n.) The whirling about of a horse.
(v. i.) To perform a pirouette; to whirl, like a dancer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Craig Forsyth crossed low from left-back for Hughes to time his run late and pirouette into a position from which he deflected the ball home with the inside of his left heel.
(2) The pirouette mutation was tested for possible genetic linkage with naked neck, tardy feathering, the MN t(Z;1) chromosome rearrangement, all assigned to distinctly different regions of Chromosome 1, and the OH inv(2) chromosome rearrangement and shankless (associated with the OH inv(2) rearrangement).
(3) Despite the withdrawal of the medication, 4 hours later ventricular tachycardia of the "pirouette" type arose that 2-3 minutes later was followed by ventricular fibrillation with clinical death.
(4) Similar anticipation by Baines prevented Fellaini scoring a second after a pirouette with the ball in the Everton area, then when Rashford played Valencia in on the overlap with a showy disguised pass, the United player had to delay his cross because not a single red shirt was waiting in the box.
(5) This eliminates specific regions of Chromosomes 1 and 2 as possible locations for the pirouette mutation.
(6) No one was hurt in the incident and he escapes punishment Receives another red card March 2011 Balotelli apologises to his team-mates after he is sent off during a Europa League tie with Dynamo Kyiv for a reckless challenge on Goran Popov Enrages Mancini with back-heel July 2011 Balotelli is immediately substituted by an enraged Mancini after performing a pirouette and back-heeling a close-range shot wide when clean through on goal in a pre-season friendly against Los Angeles Galaxy Allows firework to be set off in his bathroom October 2011 The Italian has another run-in with the emergency services after a firework is set off in the bathroom of his home, triggering a fire.
(7) About 19 seconds after we first saw him, he twisted in a horrible pirouette and collapsed.
(8) During a study to determine if any genetic linkage existed between the chicken mutations pirouette and naked neck, it was found that when both traits are expressed simultaneously in an individual, an "automutilation" condition can be created in some cases.
(9) Canada’s 20-year-old Eugenie Bouchard was left embarrassed when the male presenter conducting her on-court interview at the Australian Open asked her: “Can you give us a twirl?” When the Wimbledon runner-up replied “A twirl?”, the interviewer, Ian Cohen, told her: “A twirl, like a pirouette, here you go.” Somewhat uncomfortably, the No7-ranked player did as she was asked, then laughed and buried her face in her hands.
(10) Connor Wickham continued to make a case for being the division's in-form player with a slick pirouette and cross from the right that went precisely at the Swede.
(11) The tremulous head movements of naked neck-pirouette chicks cause scraping of the skin on the neck against the egg shell during hatching, resulting in lacerations of the neck in varying degrees.
(12) In 1987, during two great skating contests--the Universiade in the Tatra Mountains and the Gold Pirouette in Zagreb--a total of 42 world class skaters were asked through a questionnaire if they had ever in their career suffered from a stress fracture.
(13) It just stares dumbly at you through the screen while its grotesquely undersized "body" pirouettes through a magical world of animals.
(14) You go to dance school, you train your arse off for five years, you can do a triple pirouette on your head and land in the splits, and then you come out and someone's like: 'What are your measurements?'"
(15) Ruiz got their first and his pirouette left Wilshere tackling thin air.
(16) He pirouettes down the left and reaches the byline, his fancy skills forcing the Liverpool defence to stand back.
(17) John Kerry's farce and Barack Obama's pirouettes are temporary.
(18) Diskerud tries a little pirouette on the ball on the edge of the box, but it doesn't quite come off.
Twirl
Definition:
(v. t.) To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
(v. i.) To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
(n.) The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
(n.) A twist; a convolution.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here's Trintignant, twirling his walking stick in one hand and gesticulating with the other; taking issue with this and that.
(2) They’re not moustache-twirling villains that are going, “ah ha ha that’s great”, they’re going: “You’re right.
(3) She writes: It used to be that evil finance plots at least had the dignity to be conducted in back rooms, with much mustache-twirling and fondling of watch fobs as well as hearty, if ominous laughs.
(4) Their scarf-twirling fans were a wedge of Mediterranean colour spliced into a block of Mancunian red.
(5) They ranged from the “hmm” to the blatant to the eye-wateringly awful: ‘Hair twirling’ I recall once the suggestion that I ask a question of another team, in a very airy and innocent manner, hair-twirling and all, to try and get a more favourable answer than previously.
(6) Recipe supplied by Patrick Hanna, L'Entrepot, lentrepot.co.uk Clams with leek, fennel and parsley Though you could add a twirl of al dente spaghetti or linguine to this dish, it is the fragrant, briny broth that delights – better with a crusty loaf and a spoon.
(7) Because of the detrimental effects of self-stimulation (arm flapping, spinning toys, twirling, etc.)
(8) Eugenie Bouchard happy to twirl if men flex muscles at Australian Open Read more But the relief was short-lived.
(9) Later, during her post-match news conference, Bouchard spoke first about her dominating 6-0, 6-3 win over Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, then addressed the twirl on Margaret Court Arena.
(10) On Friday, while visiting the Dairy Twirl ice cream shop in Lebanon, Clinton was asked why she was not drawing such big crowds.
(11) • edbookfest.co.uk , ScottishPower Studio Theatre, Sunday 21 August, 2-3pm, ages 8–12, £4.50 Add a twirl and a twist to the regular zoo visit Enclosure 99, Edinburgh festival, Edinburgh Zoo You can't go wrong with a visit to the zoo, but what if you could grab a show as well while you're checking out the penguins?
(12) It would take only a few shedding their twirling fruit to the ground to give this wood its seeds of salvation.
(13) Bailey taps into her experience as a prison officer, dresses in her own uniform, and twirls her baton.
(14) 4.56pm BST Meanwhile Manuel Pellegrini is running around the pitch, shirt off, twirling it round his head.
(15) Bouchard insisted she had not been offended by the request to twirl, but was also happy to focus on her performance after a match which featured six breaks of serve in the first eight games.
(16) It was observed in this investigation that moxibustion by electrocautery at Jen Chung (Go-26) produced more significant changes in cardiovascular dynamics in dogs than needling with twirling.
(17) As soon as I got the part I was doing horseback riding, trick roping, gun twirling, guitar.
(18) The only problem with Hamleys' new proprietor is that it's not a comically malevolent moustache-twirling dolligarch, because such a terrifying place should by rights have a terrifying individual at its head.
(19) There was a significant decrease in total peripheral resistance following moxibustion by electrocautery and an initially significant decrease in total peripheral resistance following moxibustion by electrocautery and an initially significant decrease in total peripheral resistance following needling with twirling.
(20) Canada’s 20-year-old Eugenie Bouchard was left embarrassed when the male presenter conducting her on-court interview at the Australian Open asked her: “Can you give us a twirl?” When the Wimbledon runner-up replied “A twirl?”, the interviewer, Ian Cohen, told her: “A twirl, like a pirouette, here you go.” Somewhat uncomfortably, the No7-ranked player did as she was asked, then laughed and buried her face in her hands.