piroot
/pəˈruːt/ /pʌɪˈruːt/US informal
verb
[no object] To whirl around; to wander, especially aimlessly; to gad about.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Southern Literary Messenger. Apparently variant of pirouette, perhaps by association with root.
- the final straw
- the finer points of
- the finished article
- the firing line
- (the) first among equals
- (the) first cab off the rank
- the Flat
- the Fleet
- the Flemish
- the Flood
- the fog of war
- the forbidden degrees
- the Forties
- the fortunes of war
- the Forty-five
- the fountain of youth
- the four freedoms
- the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- the four main centres
- the fourth estate
- the fourth wall
- the Free State
- the free world
- the Fringe
- the fruit of the vine