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tip⋅toe

  [tip-toh] noun, verb, -toed, -toe⋅ing, adjective, adverb
Use tiptoe in a Sentence
–noun
1. the tip or end of a toe.
–verb (used without object)
2. to move or go on tiptoe, as with caution or stealth: She tiptoed out of the room.
–adjective
3. characterized by standing or walking on tiptoe.
4. straining upward.
5. eagerly expectant.
6. cautious; stealthy.
–adverb
7. eagerly or cautiously; on tiptoe.
—Idiom
8. on tiptoe,
a. on the tips of one's toes.
b. expectant; eager: With Christmas coming, the children were on tiptoe.
c. stealthily; cautiously: The concert had already begun, so he entered the back of the hall on tiptoe.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME tiptoon (pl. n.). See tip 1 , toe
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tip·toe   (tĭp'tō')   
intr.v.   tip·toed, tip·toe·ing, tip·toes
To walk or move quietly on one's toes.
n.  The tip of a toe.
adj.  

  1. Standing or walking on one's toes.

  2. Stealthy; wary.

adv.  

  1. On one's toes.

  2. Stealthily; warily.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

tiptoe

see on tiptoe.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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