(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of tip

Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes. / Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily on the tips of one's toes.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tiptoe, around. / To act very cautiously about something; to avoid speaking about a painful or controversial issue.

(usually in the plural) The tip of the toe.

Standing elevated, on or as if on the tips of one's toes. / Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.

To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground.

present participle of tiptoe

The very topmost point. / (countable, figuratively) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.

Excellently; in a first-rate manner.

plural of tiptop