About The Word Tiptoe
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Tiptoe Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tiptoe?
[n] the tip of a toe
[adv] on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe" [adj] straining upward on the tips of the toes; "in a tiptoe stance to see over the crowd" [adj] walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps" [v] walk on one's toes Synonyms | Synonyms for Tiptoe: pointed | quiet | tip | tippytoe Related Terms | Find terms related to Tiptoe: Tiptoe In Webster's Dictionary \Tip"toe`\, n.; pl. {Tiptoes}.
The end, or tip, of the toe.
He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].
--Chaucer.
Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. --Spenser.
{To be}, or {To stand}, {a tiptoe} or {on tiptoe}, to be
awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or
alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.
\Tip"toe`\, a. 1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. --Shak. Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. --Byron. 2. Noiseless; stealthy. ``With tiptoe step.'' --Cowper. {Tiptoe mirth}, the highest degree of mirth. --Sir W. Scott. \Tip"toe`\, v. i. To step or walk on tiptoe. |
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