Associations to the word «Tiptoe»
Wiktionary
TIPTOE, noun. (usually plural) The tips of one's toes collectively.
TIPTOE, adjective. Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
TIPTOE, adjective. Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
TIPTOE, verb. To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. [from late 14th c.]
TIPTOE AROUND, verb. Used other than as an idiom: see tiptoe, around.
TIPTOE AROUND, verb. To act very cautiously about something; to avoid speaking about a painful or controversial issue.
TIPTOE MIRTH, noun. (archaic) Great hilarity; the highest degree of mirth.
Dictionary definition
TIPTOE, noun. The tip of a toe.
TIPTOE, verb. Walk on one's toes.
TIPTOE, adverb. On tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe".
TIPTOE, adjective. Walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.