Dictionary entry

Tiptoe (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tip″toe′ (?), 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. Shak.

Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. Byron.

2. Noiseless; stealthy. “With tiptoe step.” Cowper.

Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth. Sir W. Scott.