tutu
noun
a short, full skirt, usually made of several layers of tarlatan or tulle, worn by ballerinas.
tutus
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pluralof tutu.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The choreographer asked her costume designer, Robert Perdziola, to dress her dancers in a variety of looks, with flouncy tutus for the women in her first movement and limp, longer skirts in the others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
His charming, whimsical collection featured ruffled tutus, sculptured soft knits, peplum jackets, skirts with bustles and plenty of shearling fabric.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Then you go in, and there’s a lot of other little kids, and you’re all wearing tutus — that’s how they get you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
The idea is to wrap the material typically used for ballet tutus around the tree like a lollipop.
From Salon ● May 16, 2024
Stage makeup made their eyes look enormous, and their long, knobbly-kneed legs disappeared into wide feathered tutus that bounced comically when they moved.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
