tippytoe

tippytoe

See also: tippy-toe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/

Noun

tippytoe (plural tippytoes)

1. Alternative form of tiptoe
   • 2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p.114:

     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.

   • 2019, Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish O'Connell (lyrics), “Bad Guy”, performed by Billie Eilish:

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

Verb

tippytoe (third-person singular simple present tippytoes, present participle tippytoeing, simple past and past participle tippytoed)

1. Alternative form of tiptoe