tiptoe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the tip of a toe
  2. verb walk on one's toes
    tippytoe; tip.
  3. adjective satellite walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise
    • moving with tiptoe steps
  4. adverb on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe
    • standing tiptoe

WordNet

Tip"toe` noun
Wordforms
plural Tiptoes
Definitions
  1. The end, or tip, of the toe.
    He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. Chaucer.
    Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spenser.
Tip"toe` adjective
Definitions
  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. Sir W. Scott.
Tip"toe` intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To step or walk on tiptoe.

Webster 1913