tour jeté

[ French toor zhuh-tey ]

noun

, Ballet.

, plural tours je·tés [too, r, zh, uh, -, tey].

1. a movement in which the dancer leaps from one foot, makes a half turn in the air, and lands on the other foot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tour jeté¹

< French: literally, flung turn

Example Sentences

Watching a 300- or 400-pound bear execute a light-footed cousin to a tour jeté snaps your head around.

From Los Angeles Times

“She can sing like a dream and do a tour jeté and all that, but she’s a real goonie. At the end of the day, Sutton has a great time, and she makes sure everybody else does as well.”

From Los Angeles Times

I’d be like, ‘That’s a tour jeté — I’ll put my arms up like this’ — and he’d say: ‘Yes! That’s exactly what I was going for.’

From New York Times

“And a BEEP, and a BA-ba-BA and a tour jeté and you’re fabulous, you’re marvelous, relax.”

From New York Times

It resembles a tour jeté in ballet and is the first jump people usually learn.

From New York Times