noun. 1  a. An old French dance resembling the gavotte, usually in 3/4 or 2/2 time beginning with an upbeat. 2  A movement in ballet in which the dancer transfers body weight quickly from foot to foot, usually on the balls of the feet, in a series of small steps.
Nystagmus is a condition where the eyes make repetitive movements. The eyes can jerk exclusively in one direction, or make back and forth movements. With nystagmus, the eye can look jittery and can affect both eyes or just one eye.
Eyes in different places. Studies have shown that eye body language indicates particular kinds of thinking. Moving your eyes relates to different senses and different brain hemispheres. For the majority of people looking up and to the right means a person is constructing a picture. Looking up on to the left usually shows they are remembering a picture. Another way people sometimes process visually is looking straight ahead in a defocused way. You might think of it as a glazed look.