Tiptoe

Verb

 * 1) To walk quietly when only the tips of the toes touch the ground.
 * 2) Alternative spelling of tip-toe.

Related terms

 * tiptoe around

Noun

 * 1) The tips of one's toes collectively.

Derived terms

 * on tiptoe

Thesaurus
above, abovestairs, airward, all fours, aloft, aloof, atiptoe, be careful, be cautious, couch, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, go on tiptoe, grovel, gumshoe, gumshoeing, high, high up, in the air, in the clouds, inch, inch along, lay wait, lie in wait, lurk, make haste slowly, nightwalk, nightwalking, on all fours, on high, on stilts, on the peak, on tippytoe, on tiptoe, over, overhead, pad, padding, prowl, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooting, repent, reptant, reptatorial, reptile, scrabble, scramble, shadow, sidle, sidling, skulk, skyward, slink, slinking, snake, snaking, sneak, sneaking, stalk, steal, steal along, stealing, straight up, take it easy, think twice, tip, tippytoe, tiptoeing, to the zenith, toe, up, upstairs, upward, upwards, walk on eggshells, worm, worm along, worming

Etymology
From tip.

Pronunciation

 * (GenAm)
 * (GenAm)

Verb

 * Dutch: op de tippen lopen
 * Estonian: kikivarvul käima
 * Finnish: hiipiä varpaisillaan
 * French: marcher sur la pointe des pieds


 * German: auf den Zehenspitzen gehen
 * Italian: camminare in punta di piedi
 * Portuguese: andar na ponta dos pés
 * Turkish: parmak ucunda yürümek

Noun

 * Scottish Gaelic: corra-biod