Usually means: Dance movement involving leg beating.
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  1. battement: Merriam-Webster
  2. battement: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. battement: Collins English Dictionary
  4. battement: Wordnik
  5. battement: Wiktionary
  6. battement: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. battement: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. battement: Dictionary.com
  9. Battement: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. battement (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. battement: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. battement: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Battement: Ballet

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  1. Battement: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (battement)

▸ noun:  (ballet) A ballet move involving a beating action with an extended leg
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A thumping or beating sensation

Similar:
battuta, batterie, beat, back beat, ball change, big beat, ballotade, eggbeater, backbeat, saut de basque, more...

Opposite:
relevé, plié, tendu, dégagé, fondu

Phrases:
grand battement, petit battement, more...



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Similar:
battuta, batterie, beat, back beat, ball change, big beat, ballotade, eggbeater, backbeat, saut de basque, more...

Opposite:
relevé, plié, tendu, dégagé, fondu

Phrases:
grand battement, petit battement, more...



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