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Verb: tiptoe (tiptoeing)  'tip,tow
  1. Walk on one's toes
    "The children tiptoed past the sleeping baby";
    - tip, tippytoe [N. Amer, informal]
Noun: tiptoe  'tip,tow
  1. The tip of a toe
    "She stood on tiptoe to reach the top shelf"
Adverb: tiptoe  'tip,tow
  1. On tiptoe or as if on tiptoe
    "standing tiptoe"

Derived forms: tiptoes, tiptoed, tiptoeing

Type of: tip, walk

Part of: toe

Encyclopedia: Tiptoe, Hampshire