Definition of Tiptoe

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Definition of Tiptoe
	Tiptoe The end, or tip, of the toe. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert. Noiseless; stealthy. To step or walk on tiptoe. Related Definitions: Alert, Also, As, Being, End, Exalted, Hence, High, Lifted, Noiseless, Of, On, Or, Possible, Raised, Stealthy, Step, The, Tip, Tiptoe, To, Toe, Up, Walk

Tiptoe Quotations

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
Josh Billings

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
Dag Hammarskjold

Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.
Doug Larson

Life isn't a tiptoe through the tulips.
Shannon Hoon

I haven't had to do too many, or many explicit ones. Everybody feels weird, and everybody is trying to tiptoe around and make you think they're not there. The last time I did a love scene, I couldn't keep a straight face.
Gretchen Mol

The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.
Malcolm De Chazal

Tiptoe Translations

tiptoe in German is auf Zehenspitzen gehen, schleichen
tiptoe in Italian is strisciare
tiptoe in Spanish is punta del pie, de puntillas

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