Kate tries to walk on tiptoe.
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Tiptoe
//ˈtɪpˌtoʊ//
Synonyms for "tiptoe" (87 found)
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57 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رُؤُوسُ أَصَابِع noun (tips of one's toes)
Bulgarian
2 entries- върха на пръстите на краката noun (tips of one's toes)
- ходя на пръсти verb (to walk quietly)
Catalan
2 entries- punteta noun (tips of one's toes)
- caminar de puntetes verb (to walk quietly)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 腳尖 /脚尖 noun (tips of one's toes)
Czech
2 entries- špička noun (tips of one's toes)
- chodit po špičkách verb (to walk quietly)
Dutch
1 entries- op de tippen lopen verb (to walk quietly)
Esperanto
1 entries- iri piedpinte verb (to walk quietly)
Estonian
1 entries- kikivarvul käima verb (to walk quietly)
Finnish
4 entries- varpaankärjet noun (tips of one's toes)
- hiipiä varpaisillaan verb (to walk quietly)
- sipsuttaa verb (to walk quietly)
- tepsuttaa verb (to walk quietly)
French
2 entries- pointe des pieds noun (tips of one's toes)
- marcher sur la pointe des pieds verb (to walk quietly)
Galician
2 entries- palpexo noun (tips of one's toes)
- punta do pé noun (tips of one's toes)
German
2 entries- Zehenspitze noun (tips of one's toes)
- auf den Zehenspitzen gehen verb (to walk quietly)
Greek
1 entries- περπατώ ακροποδητί verb (to walk quietly)
Hungarian
1 entries- lábujjhegy noun (tips of one's toes)
Ingrian
2 entries- kepsaa verb (to walk quietly)
- kepsuttaa verb (to walk quietly)
Irish
1 entries- barraicín noun (tips of one's toes)
Italian
2 entries- punta dei piedi noun (tips of one's toes)
- camminare in punta di piedi verb (to walk quietly)
Japanese
1 entries- 爪先 noun (tips of one's toes)
Korean
1 entries- 발끝 noun (tips of one's toes)
Macedonian
1 entries- оди на прсти verb (to walk quietly)
Mongolian
1 entries- өлмий noun (tips of one's toes)
Māori
2 entries- hītekiteki verb (to walk quietly)
- hītengitengi verb (to walk quietly)
Okinawan
1 entries- 爪先 noun (tips of one's toes)
Polish
2 entries- iść na palcach verb (to walk quietly)
- pójść na palcach verb (to walk quietly)
Portuguese
1 entries- andar na ponta dos pés verb (to walk quietly)
Quechua
1 entries- hink'iy verb (to walk quietly)
Romanian
2 entries- merge pe vârfuri verb (to walk quietly)
- merge tiptil verb (to walk quietly)
Russian
4 entries- ко́нчики па́льцев ног noun (tips of one's toes)
- цы́пки noun (tips of one's toes)
- цы́почки noun (tips of one's toes)
- ходи́ть на цы́почках verb (to walk quietly)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- corra-biod noun (tips of one's toes)
Slovak
2 entries- špička noun (tips of one's toes)
- ísť po špičkách verb (to walk quietly)
Spanish
2 entries- punta del pie noun (tips of one's toes)
- caminar de puntillas verb (to walk quietly)
Swedish
2 entries- tåspets noun (tips of one's toes)
- gå på tå verb (to walk quietly)
Tagalog
1 entries- tumiyad verb (to walk quietly)
Turkish
1 entries- parmak ucunda yürümek verb (to walk quietly)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhón verb (to walk quietly)
Welsh
1 entries- blaen troed noun (tips of one's toes)
Zazaki
1 entries- gıst sero şiyen verb (to walk quietly)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I went up to my bedroom on tiptoe.
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He walked on tiptoe so that nobody would hear him.
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He walked on tiptoe lest he be heard.
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