intransitive verb. 1 : to walk or proceed quietly or cautiously on or as if on tiptoe tiptoe around the issue. 2 : to stand or raise oneself on tiptoe. tiptoe.

Why do they call it tip toeing?

The singular form on (the) tiptoe emerged after a few decades, in the mid-15thC. Much later came the adjective tiptoed (1632) and the verb tiptoe (1661). ... That is, the term began as tipped toes, and the verb's inflection was assimilated through elision or haplology.

What is another word for tip toeing?

In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tiptoe, like: tip-toe, sneaking, stealthy, clamber, , scamper, warily, stagger, sidle, quietly and cautiously.