tiptoe
/ˈtɪptəʊ
/verb (tiptoes, tiptoeing, tiptoed) [no object, with adverbial of direction]
1Walk quietly and carefully with one’s heels raised and one’s weight on the balls of the feet: Liz tiptoed out of the room...
- Carefully tiptoeing around the edge, he finally touched the bookshelf.
- The actors were all in a circle, warming up as we quietly tiptoed into the room.
- ‘Sleep well,’ she whispered before tiptoeing quietly out of the room.
1.1 (tiptoe round/around) Carefully avoid discussing or dealing with (a difficult or sensitive subject): he admits he has never been one to tiptoe around controversial issues
Phrases
on tiptoe (or tiptoes) (also on one's tiptoes)
- residence city
- residence counsellor
- residence counselor
- residence-general
- residence order
- residence time
- residency
- resident
- resident adviser
- resident alien
- resident assistant
- resident commissioner
- residenter
- residential
- residential care
- residential home
- residential hotel
- residentially
- residential school
- residentiary
- residentiaryship
- resident magistrate
- residents' association
- residentship
- residentura