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Tiptoe

//ˈtɪpˌtoʊ// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. not-comparable

    "Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops."

  2. 2
    Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. not-comparable

    "with tiptoe step"

Adverb
  1. 1
    on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small village in Hordle parish and Sway parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2597).
Noun
  1. 1
    The tip of the toe. plural-normally
  2. 2
    the tip of a toe wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. intransitive

    "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."

  2. 2
    walk on one's toes wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip.

Etymology 2

From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip.

Etymology 3

From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip.

Etymology 4

Derived from a surname of French origin recorded in the 13th century as "Typetot".

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