n. 脚尖

vi. 用脚尖走

ad. 踮着脚

a. 踮着脚走的, 偷偷摸摸的

Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, v. i.
To step or walk on tiptoe.


Tiptoe \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.


Tiptoe \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.'' --Cowper.

{Tiptoe mirth}, the highest degree of mirth. --Sir W. Scott.