noun
- the tips of the toes
Usage: informal
verb
- to walk quietly on the tips of one’s toes
Usage: informal
Examples
- She stood on her tippytoes to reach the top shelf.
- The child walked on tippytoe to avoid waking the baby.
- He had to go on tippytoes to see over the fence.
- The dancer rose up on her tippytoes gracefully.
- They tippytoed through the house after midnight.
- She tippytoed across the creaky wooden floor.