tippy-toen.adv.adj.

/ˈtɪpɪtəʊ/

Forms: Also tippi-toe.

Etymology: Alteration of tiptoe n., adv., and adj.: compare -y suffix⁶.

A. n. plural.

The tips of the toes. Usually in on (one's) tippy-toes. Occasionally also as collective singular.

ΚΠ

1899 Cent. Mag. Nov. 47/2 The whole court now stood on its tippy-toes.

1965 New Statesman 3 Dec. 897/2 Illustrations..show the dear little mite standing on tippy-toe to feed famished and deserted nestlings.

1980 Dirt Bike Oct. 68/1 I stood on tippi-toes to watch.

B. adv.

Short for on (one's) tippy-toes at sense A.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adverb] > on tiptoe

on or upon tiptoec1440

a-tiptoe1576

tiptoe1597

tippy-toe1901

1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 216 The rocking stone stud tippy-toe above his girt shadder.

1975 R. Helms Tolkien's World iv. 126 A rather vulgar sugar-iced concoction, with a doll tippy-toe on its pinnacle as the Fairy Queen.

C. adj.

Standing or walking on tiptoe. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adverb] > on tiptoe > or walking

tippy-toe1951

1951 J. Steinbeck About Ed Ricketts in J. Steinbeck & E. F. Ricketts Log from ‘Sea of Cortez’ p. xli Ed would be smiling and doing his tippy-toe mouse dance.

1968 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 Nov. 1/5 He [sc. Richard Nixon] is not as cautious and tippy-toe as he appeared to many voters.

1980 S. T. Haymon Death & Pregnant Virgin ix. 71 When Jack Ellers was excited he rose up on the balls of his feet... Now he came into the dreary room..all tippy-toe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

tippy-toev.

Forms: Also tippie-toe.

Etymology: < tippy-toe n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtippy-toe.

intransitive. To go on tiptoe, to move lightly. Also figurative. Cf. tiptoe v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk on tiptoe

tiptoe1748

tippy-toe1901

1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 232 I tippy-toed back to the fire.

1942 C. Morley Thorofare xxxvi. 169 I tippy-toed down one side to join the Confed'racy while my old man was pretending to look up the other.

1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 Oct. 6/6 Did he tippy-toe across the press?

1980 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 11/2 The roly-poly little girl who tippy-toed through Sandy Wilson's enchanting ‘Big Best Shoes’ number in ‘Valmouth’ all those years ago.

Derivatives

ˈtippy-toed adj. (in quot. as quasi-adv.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > on tiptoe

soft-foot1902

tippy-toed1938

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 31 A deer track'll prove the same. A deer or bear that's fat and heavy'll sink in that-a-way [at the heel]. A lettle ol' light doe or yearlin' 'll walk tippy-toed, and you'll not see more than the front of their hooves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tippy-toe
释义	tippy-toen.adv.adj. /ˈtɪpɪtəʊ/ Forms: Also tippi-toe. Etymology: Alteration of tiptoe n., adv., and adj.: compare -y suffix⁶. A. n. plural. The tips of the toes. Usually in on (one's) tippy-toes. Occasionally also as collective singular. ΚΠ 1899 Cent. Mag. Nov. 47/2 The whole court now stood on its tippy-toes. 1965 New Statesman 3 Dec. 897/2 Illustrations..show the dear little mite standing on tippy-toe to feed famished and deserted nestlings. 1980 Dirt Bike Oct. 68/1 I stood on tippi-toes to watch. B. adv. Short for on (one's) tippy-toes at sense A. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adverb] > on tiptoe on or upon tiptoec1440 a-tiptoe1576 tiptoe1597 tippy-toe1901 1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 216 The rocking stone stud tippy-toe above his girt shadder. 1975 R. Helms Tolkien's World iv. 126 A rather vulgar sugar-iced concoction, with a doll tippy-toe on its pinnacle as the Fairy Queen. C. adj. Standing or walking on tiptoe. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adverb] > on tiptoe > or walking tippy-toe1951 1951 J. Steinbeck About Ed Ricketts in J. Steinbeck & E. F. Ricketts Log from ‘Sea of Cortez’ p. xli Ed would be smiling and doing his tippy-toe mouse dance. 1968 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 Nov. 1/5 He [sc. Richard Nixon] is not as cautious and tippy-toe as he appeared to many voters. 1980 S. T. Haymon Death & Pregnant Virgin ix. 71 When Jack Ellers was excited he rose up on the balls of his feet... Now he came into the dreary room..all tippy-toe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). tippy-toev. Forms: Also tippie-toe. Etymology: < tippy-toe n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtippy-toe. intransitive. To go on tiptoe, to move lightly. Also figurative. Cf. tiptoe v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk on tiptoe tiptoe1748 tippy-toe1901 1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 232 I tippy-toed back to the fire. 1942 C. Morley Thorofare xxxvi. 169 I tippy-toed down one side to join the Confed'racy while my old man was pretending to look up the other. 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 Oct. 6/6 Did he tippy-toe across the press? 1980 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 11/2 The roly-poly little girl who tippy-toed through Sandy Wilson's enchanting ‘Big Best Shoes’ number in ‘Valmouth’ all those years ago. Derivatives ˈtippy-toed adj. (in quot. as quasi-adv.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > on tiptoe soft-foot1902 tippy-toed1938 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 31 A deer track'll prove the same. A deer or bear that's fat and heavy'll sink in that-a-way [at the heel]. A lettle ol' light doe or yearlin' 'll walk tippy-toed, and you'll not see more than the front of their hooves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adv.adj.1899v.1901
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