tippytoe

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English

Pronunciation

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, “Bad Guy”, Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish O'Connell (lyrics), 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