Synonyms for tiptoe
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tip-toh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪpˌtoʊ |
Définition of tiptoe
Origin :- mid-15c., from tip (n.) + toe. As a verb from 1630s. Related: Tiptoes (late 14c.).
- adj walking on toes
- She had to go on tiptoe through the shrubbery and out through the church yard.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- The responsible man, with a start, obeyed, and went out on tiptoe.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I forgot all my tatters and stood on tiptoe in the stirrups to overpeer the fence-row.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- There was somebody approaching her room—evidently on tiptoe.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- At last the mother took up the lamp and they went off, one after the other, on tiptoe.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- The journalist stood on tiptoe, for as yet he did not understand.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- And she was going away on tiptoe, when she remembered her gloves.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Standing on tiptoe, I glued my eyes to the narrow slit which was our only ventilation.
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- They opened the door of the larger room and entered on tiptoe.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Most of his hearers were silent now, on tiptoe of expectation.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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