tiptoe

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The tip of the toe.

2. 2

   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.
   • And ever as they talked Beregond was more amazed, and looked with greater wonder at the hobbit, swinging his short legs as he sat on the seat, or standing tiptoe upon it to peer over the sill at the lands below.
3. 3

   Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.

   • with tiptoe step
   • And stole along on tiptoe tread
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   1. 4

      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.
      • We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.
      • Tiptoe through the window By the window, that is where I'll be Come tiptoe through the tulips with me Tiptoe from your pillow To the shadow of the willow tree And tiptoe through the tulips with me.
   2. 5

      A small village in Hordle parish and Sway parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England…

      A small village in Hordle parish and Sway parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2597).

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