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tippytoe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of tiptoe.
    alt of tiptoe
    • White shirt now red, my bloody nose Sleepin', you're on your tippy toes. 2019, “Bad Guy”, Finneas O'Connell, Billie Eilish O'Connell (lyrics), performed by Billie Eilish:
    • 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. 2018, Tim Winton, The Shepherd's Hut, Picador UK Paperback edition 2018, p.114

Forms

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tippytoes Number=Plur lexicographic

tippytoe en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of tiptoe.
    alt of tiptoe

Forms

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tippytoes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tippytoeing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tippytoed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tippytoed Tense=Past lexicographic