Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: pointed, quiet, tip, tippytoe

See Also: tip, toe, walk

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