Definitions
on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe
Word origin
From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip.
Used in a sentence
“Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day / Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.”
“And ever as they talked Beregond was more amazed, and looked with greater wonder at the hobbit, swinging his short legs as he sat on the seat, or standing tiptoe upon it to peer over the sill at the lands below.”
“with tiptoe step”
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