"tippytoe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/ Forms: tippytoes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tippytoe (plural tippytoes)
  1. Alternative form of tiptoe Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tiptoe
    Sense id: en-tippytoe-en-noun-nnMFWIr5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/ Forms: tippytoes [present, singular, third-person], tippytoeing [participle, present], tippytoed [participle, past], tippytoed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} tippytoe (third-person singular simple present tippytoes, present participle tippytoeing, simple past and past participle tippytoed)
  1. Alternative form of tiptoe Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tiptoe
    Sense id: en-tippytoe-en-verb-nnMFWIr5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for tippytoe meaning in English (2.3kB)

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