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tiptoe

UK /ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/US /ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/

adjective 2
noun 1
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 2

adjective2

•
Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
- Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. — 1591
•
Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
- And stole along on tiptoe tread — 1819

noun[usually plural]1

The tip of the toe.

verb1

•
To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.
- We went tip-toeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow's garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn't scrape our heads. — 1884

forms

tiptoed · tiptoeing · tiptoes

Phrases with tiptoe

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