Tip"toe` (?), n.; pl.
Tiptoes (&?;). The end, or tip, of the
toe.
He must . . . stand on his typtoon
[tiptoes].
Chaucer.
Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.
Spenser.
To be, or To stand, a
tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive
to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe
with expectation.
Tip"toe` (?), a. 1.
Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible;
lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
Shak.
Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory.
Byron.
2. Noiseless; stealthy. "With tiptoe
step." Cowper.
Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth.
Sir W. Scott.
Tip"toe`, v. i. To step or walk on
tiptoe.
Tip"toe` (?), n.; pl.
Tiptoes (&?;). The end, or tip, of the
toe.
He must . . . stand on his typtoon
[tiptoes].
Chaucer.
Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.
Spenser.
To be, or To stand, a
tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive
to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe
with expectation.
Tip"toe` (?), a. 1.
Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible;
lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
Shak.
Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory.
Byron.
2. Noiseless; stealthy. "With tiptoe
step." Cowper.
Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth.
Sir W. Scott.
Tip"toe`, v. i. To step or walk on
tiptoe.
