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tippytoe

/ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/

tippytoe is the alternative form of tiptoe.

Meaning of tiptoe

Noun

tiptoe (plural tiptoes)

  1. (plural-normally) The tip of the toe.

See all 5 meanings of tiptoe

Forms of tippytoe

Noun
pluraltippytoes
Verb
third-person singular presenttippytoes
present participletippytoeing
past participletippytoed
pasttippytoed

Questions about tippytoe

What is tippytoe the alternative form of?
Tippytoe is the alternative form of tiptoe.
How do you pronounce tippytoe?
Tippytoe is pronounced /ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/.

Words near tippytoe in the dictionary

  1. tippy-tapping
  2. tippy-tappy
  3. tippy-taps
  4. tippy-toe
  5. tippy-toes
  6. tippytoe
  7. tippytoed
  8. tippytoeing
  9. tippytoes
  10. tipranavir
  11. tipranavir disodium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tippytoe (page history and authors); tiptoe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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