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
Example sentences :
  • 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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