pirouette
noun
a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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First the Columbine had pirouetted across and made a light phantastick entrance into the shadow of the house at the extreme corner.
From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie