Tiptoe /(?)/

Tip·toe

Tiptoe

n.

pl. Tiptoes

  1. The end, or tip, of the toe.
    He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].
    Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.

Phrases & Compounds
To be a tiptoe
to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.

Tiptoe

a.
  1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
    Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops.
    Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory.
  2. Noiseless; stealthy.

Phrases & Compounds
Tiptoe mirth
the highest degree of mirth.

Tiptoe

v. i.
  1. To step or walk on tiptoe.