/euh tip"toh'/ , adv. , adj.
1. standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
2. eagerly expectant, as anticipating a desired event or arrival: waiting atiptoe for the mail.
3. moving with caution or stealth, as avoiding calling attention to one's presence: She walked atiptoe through the sleeping house.
[ 1570-80; A- 1 + TIPTOE ]