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Definition of tippy-toe in English: tippy-toeverb ˈtɪpɪtəʊˈtɪpiˌtoʊ US informal no object, with adverbial of direction Walk on the tips of one's toes; tiptoe. 〈非正式，主美〉踮起脚走；蹑手蹑脚地走 he tippy-toed around the house 他踮着脚绕着房子走来走去。 Example sentencesExamples - We have to tippy-toe in and out of our houses because of the muck and dirt on it.
- By the time we had passed Pip, Chris & the Gloucester contingent on their way out, and tippy-toed past the four sleepy Lesser Horseshoe bats, we were well into the cave.
- I was therefore decidedly nervous as I tippy-toed out of my drive in Autodelta's passport to the next life.
- The black clouds of despair have lifted from the household as my mood and energy levels have improved, and now my husband doesn't have to tippy-toe around me and do crazy chicken dances to try and cheer me up.
- ‘When you go into the lion's den, you don't tippy-toe in,’ Ravens coach Brian Billick said.
- The more things stay the same, the more they change - at least in the present analysis of the defending champion Angels, who tippy-toe into the final two months of the season in very familiar surroundings.
- It's hard to tippy-toe around the subject when the subject opens the door, asks you in, gives you a drink, and agrees with everything you say.
- They had to tippy-toe about for hours on end before leaping six feet into the air from a standing start.
- When I hit the second set of barriers, I actually RAN over them instead of tippy-toeing.
- A couple of hours of tippy-toeing around and we'd only covered a distance of maybe twice this room, and all we'd come across was a half dozen planks of wood.
Phraseson tippy-toe (or tippy-toes) Kurt was mincing around on tippy-toes 库尔特踮着脚扭扭捏捏地迈着碎步。 Example sentencesExamples - If I stand on tippy-toes, it is just possible to inspect the rubber seal along the top of the door.
- Obviously a female in her shape and form, she was standing on one of the chairs on tippy-toe, leaning over the tabletop, a rag in her left paw.
- ‘I was amazed and delighted and started walking around flat-footed instead of on tippy-toes.’
- I step away and plié, then go up on tippy-toe as well as I can in these shoes and turn gracefully, extending my arms over my head.
- I grab his collar to pull myself close to him and even on tippy-toes, my mouth doesn't reach his ear.
- Most of the time, Marino is a perfect gentleman, but he can put his head and tail into the air with no warning and walk around on tippy-toe, a la his diminutive Arabian ancestors.
- You want to portray a tragedy with pretty girls on tippy-toes?
OriginLate 19th century: alteration of tiptoe. Definition of tippy-toe in US English: tippy-toeverbˈtipēˌtōˈtɪpiˌtoʊ US informal no object, with adverbial of direction Walk on the tips of one's toes; tiptoe. 〈非正式，主美〉踮起脚走；蹑手蹑脚地走 he tippy-toed around the house 他踮着脚绕着房子走来走去。 Example sentencesExamples - It's hard to tippy-toe around the subject when the subject opens the door, asks you in, gives you a drink, and agrees with everything you say.
- A couple of hours of tippy-toeing around and we'd only covered a distance of maybe twice this room, and all we'd come across was a half dozen planks of wood.
- ‘When you go into the lion's den, you don't tippy-toe in,’ Ravens coach Brian Billick said.
- I was therefore decidedly nervous as I tippy-toed out of my drive in Autodelta's passport to the next life.
- By the time we had passed Pip, Chris & the Gloucester contingent on their way out, and tippy-toed past the four sleepy Lesser Horseshoe bats, we were well into the cave.
- We have to tippy-toe in and out of our houses because of the muck and dirt on it.
- The black clouds of despair have lifted from the household as my mood and energy levels have improved, and now my husband doesn't have to tippy-toe around me and do crazy chicken dances to try and cheer me up.
- When I hit the second set of barriers, I actually RAN over them instead of tippy-toeing.
- They had to tippy-toe about for hours on end before leaping six feet into the air from a standing start.
- The more things stay the same, the more they change - at least in the present analysis of the defending champion Angels, who tippy-toe into the final two months of the season in very familiar surroundings.
Phraseson tippy-toe (or tippy-toes) informal On the tips of one's toes; on tiptoe. 〈非正式，主美〉踮起脚走；蹑手蹑脚地走 Kurt was mincing around on tippy-toes 库尔特踮着脚扭扭捏捏地迈着碎步。 Example sentencesExamples - You want to portray a tragedy with pretty girls on tippy-toes?
- If I stand on tippy-toes, it is just possible to inspect the rubber seal along the top of the door.
- Most of the time, Marino is a perfect gentleman, but he can put his head and tail into the air with no warning and walk around on tippy-toe, a la his diminutive Arabian ancestors.
- ‘I was amazed and delighted and started walking around flat-footed instead of on tippy-toes.’
- I grab his collar to pull myself close to him and even on tippy-toes, my mouth doesn't reach his ear.
- I step away and plié, then go up on tippy-toe as well as I can in these shoes and turn gracefully, extending my arms over my head.
- Obviously a female in her shape and form, she was standing on one of the chairs on tippy-toe, leaning over the tabletop, a rag in her left paw.
OriginLate 19th century: alteration of tiptoe. |