tip·toe /ˈtɪpˌto, ˈto/
腳尖,翹望(vi.)用腳尖走(ad.)用腳尖(a.)踮著腳的,偷偷摸摸的
Tip·toe n.; pl. Tiptoes The end, or tip, of the toe.
He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. --Chaucer.
Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. --Spenser.
To be a tiptoe, To stand a tiptoe, 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.
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.”
Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth.
Tip·toe, v. i. To step or walk on tiptoe.
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tiptoe
adj : walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise;
"moving with tiptoe steps"
n : the tip of a toe
adv : on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe"
v : walk on one's toes [syn: tip, tippytoe]