tippytoe

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/ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/

A form of tiptoe — The tip of the toe.

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Meanings

nountippytoe (plural tippytoes)

plural tippytoes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tiptoe.

    White shirt now red, my bloody nose Sleepin', you're on your tippy toes.

    2019, “Bad Guy”, Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish O'Connell (lyrics), performed by Billie Eilish
    1 more example

    Auntie Marg was down from Magnet and me and Lee played cricket out the back with the littlies to get some air and keep them busy. Now and then a batter would really get onto one and the ball'd go out through the doublegee paddock towards the train tracks and someone'd have to go tippy-toeing through all that shit to get it.

    2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p.114
verbtippytoe (third-person singular simple present tippytoes, present participle tippytoeing, simple past and past participle tippytoed)

present singular third person tippytoes · participle present tippytoeing · participle past tippytoed · past tippytoed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tiptoe.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbwalk on one's toes

Similar
tiptoetip
Broader
walk
Also see
tiptiptoe

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

tippytoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tippytoe

MLA

“tippytoe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tippytoe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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