Verb She tiptoed through the puddle. He tiptoed quietly around the house to avoid waking the children. Adverb She had to stand tiptoe to reach the shelf.

Is tiptoe an adjective?

You can also use tiptoe as a noun or an adjective: "She had to stand on her tiptoes to reach the cabinet where the cookies are kept." Figuratively, you tiptoe when you avoid a certain topic: "There's no need to tiptoe around the subject of money—I don't mind talking about it." The variation tippy toes dates from the ...

Is tiptoed a preposition?

tiptoe2 ●○○ verb (tiptoed, tiptoeing) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk quietly and carefully on your toes, so that nobody hears you His mother tiptoed into the room. I tiptoed along the corridor.