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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
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tip·toe
,
v. i.
To
step
or
walk
on
tiptoe
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
]
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