From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, n.; pl. Tiptoes.
The end, or tip, of the toe.
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He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].
--Chaucer.
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Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. --Spenser.
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To be a tiptoe, To stand a tiptoe, To stand on tiptoe
or To be on tiptoe, to be awake or alive to anything; to
be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with
expectation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, a.
1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as
possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
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Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. --Shak.
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Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. --Byron.
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2. Noiseless; stealthy. "With tiptoe step." --Cowper.
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Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth. --Sir W. Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, v. i.
To step or walk on tiptoe.
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