tiptoe

intr.v., -toed, -toe·ing, -toes.
To walk or move quietly on one's toes.

n.
The tip of a toe.

adj.

1. Standing or walking on one's toes.
2. Stealthy; wary.

adv.

1. On one's toes.
2. Stealthily; warily.

idiom:

on tiptoe

1. Full of anticipation; eager: The children were on tiptoe before the birthday party.

IN BRIEF: Walk only on the tip of the feet so as to make no noise.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves. — Robert Lembke

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the tip of a toe

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The verb tiptoe has one meaning:

Meaning #1: walk on one's toes
  Synonyms: tip, tippytoe

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The adjective tiptoe has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise

Meaning #2: straining upward on the tips of the toes

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The adverb tiptoe has one meaning:

Meaning #1: on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - gå på tåspidserne
n. - tåspids
adj. - på tåspidserne
adv. - ivrigt

Nederlands (Dutch)
op zijn tenen lopen, (op de) punten van de tenen

Français (French)
v. intr. - marcher sur la pointe des pieds
n. - pointe des pieds
adj. - sur la pointe des pieds
adv. - avec enthousiasme, avec prudence, sur la pointe des pieds

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zehenspitze
v. - auf Zehenspitzen gehen, schleichen
adv. - auf Zehenspitzen
adj. - Zehenspitzen...

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άκρο δάκτυλου του ποδιού
v. - βαδίζω ακροποδητί, περπατώ στα νύχια (των ποδιών)
adv. - ακροποδητί, στα νύχια (των ποδιών)

Italiano (Italian)
camminare in punta di piedi, punta dei piedi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ponta do pé (f)
v. - andar ou caminhar na ponta dos pés
adv. - na ponta dos pés

Русский (Russian)
на цыпочках, вставать на цыпочки, ходить на цыпочках, цыпочки

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - andar de puntillas
n. - punta del pie
adj. - de punta de pie
adv. - con impaciencia, con ansia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gå på tå
v. - tassa, gå/smyga/stå på tå
adv. - på tå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
踮起脚走, 蹑手蹑脚地走, 脚尖, 趾尖, 踮着脚的, 偷偷摸摸的, 踮着脚

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 踮起腳走, 躡手躡腳地走
n. - 腳尖, 趾尖
adj. - 踮著腳的, 偷偷摸摸的
adv. - 踮著腳

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 발끝으로 걷다, 발돋움하다
n. - 발끝 , 발돋움
adj. - 발끝으로 선, 발소리를 죽인, 흥분한
adv. - 발끝으로, 크게 기대하여

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - つま先
v. - つま先で歩く
adj. - 忍び足の, 野心的な
adv. - つま先で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رأس, أصبع ألقدم (فعل) يقف أو يمشي على رؤؤس, اصابعه (ظرف) واقف أو ماشي على رؤؤس, ألأصابع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הילך על קצות הבהונות‬
n. - ‮קצות הבהונות‬
adj. - ‮מהלך על קצות הבהונות‬
adv. - ‮על קצות הבהונות, בזהירות‬

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