Tip″toe′ (?), n.; pl.Tiptoes (�). The end, or tip, of the toe.
He must... stand on his typtoon. Chaucer.
Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spenser.
To be, orTo stand, a tiptoeoron tiptoe, to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.