plastique

American  

[pla-steek, pla-steek] / plæˈstik, plaˈstik /

noun

1. a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.

2. plastic explosive.

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Etymology

Origin of plastique

1795–1805; < French: plastic

Example Sentences

“Bitcoin has the volatility of hot C4 plastique sitting over an open flame,” says Strategic News Service’s Mark Anderson in his “Future of Bitcoin” report.

From Forbes

With him it's a completely different way of using your body, a different plastique.

From The Guardian

She became famous for her “attitudes,” a series of poses plastiques in which she represented classical and other figures.

From Project Gutenberg

Both Guillem and Le Riche have sublime plastique, that coalescence of softness, flexion and tempered steel that gives movement its flow.

From The Guardian

Vague onyx columns ranked Corinthian, Or piled Ionic, colonnading heights That loom above long burst of mythic seas: Vast gynaeceums of carnelian; Micaceous temples, far marmorean flights, Where winds the arabesque and plastique frieze.

From Project Gutenberg