TIPTOES

Noun

tiptoes pl (plural only)

The tips of the toes.

Verb

tiptoes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tiptoe

Anagrams

• Petitos, potties, spottie, topsite

Source: Wiktionary


TIPTOE

Tip"toe`, n.; pl. Tiptoes (.

Definition: 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.

Definition: To step or walk on tiptoe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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