adj · name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈtɪpˌtəʊ/
UK:[ˈthɪpˌthəʊ̯]
US:/ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/
US:[ˈthɪpˌthoʊ̯]
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rhymes with -ɪptəʊ
CMU ARPABET:T IH1 P T OW2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A small village in Hordle parish and Sway parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2597).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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4
noun
Meaning 4
The tip of the toe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
moving with tiptoe steps
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adverb
Meaning 7
on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
standing tiptoe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
the tip of a toe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tip
9
verb
Meaning 9
walk on one's toes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tip, tippytoe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
History
Etymology
From Middle English tipto, typto; equivalent to tip + toe. Compare fingertip.
Derived from a surname of French origin recorded in the 13th century as "Typetot".
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رُؤُوسُ أَصَابِع
(ruʔūsu ʔaṣābiʕ)
— tips of one's toes
Bulgarian:
върха на пръстите на краката
(vǎrha na prǎstite na krakata)
— tips of one's toes
Catalan:
punteta
— tips of one's toes
Chinese Mandarin:
腳尖 /脚尖
(jiǎojiān)
— tips of one's toes
