What does battement mean?
Battement means (ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg.
Battement
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg.
Definitions by Sense
- (ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg
- (obsolete) A thumping or beating sensation
Example Sentences
[…] he raised slowly his rounded arms, stretched them gracefully backward and forward, moved his feet with precision and lightness, took a few small steps, made some battements and pirouettes, and disappeared like a butterfly.
Ernst and Watson are superb dancers--extraordinarily agile and acrobatic, and their unison spins, battements, and body lines showed a split-second timing.
Secondly, though there is an audible vertigo, as is known by the battement, or undulations of sound in the ears, which many vertiginous people experience[…].
Synonyms for battement
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Word Forms
- battements
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[…] he raised slowly his rounded arms, stretched them gracefully backward and forward, moved his feet with precision and lightness, took a few small steps, made some battements and pirouettes, and disappeared like a butterfly.
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