Tiptoe
Tiptoe , noun
The end, or tip, of the toe.
He must... stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].
Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.
Collocations (1)
To be a tiptoe or To stand a tiptoe or To stand on tiptoe or To be on tiptoe , to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.
Tiptoe , adjective
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.
Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory.
2.
Noiseless; stealthy.
With tiptoe step.
Collocations (1)
Tiptoe mirth , the highest degree of mirth. — Sir W. Scott
Tiptoe , intransitive verb
To step or walk on tiptoe.