- atiptoe
- a·tip·toe
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atiptoe
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atiptoe — əˈ adverb (or adjective) Etymology: a (I) + tiptoe 1. : on the tip of one s toes stood atiptoe by the terrace wall watching the barges Anne Green 2. : in a state of expectancy : alert and expectant it was disqui … Useful english dictionary
atiptoe — /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… … Universalium
anticipatory — Synonyms and related words: agape, agog, all agog, antecedent, anterior, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, atiptoe, awaiting, beforetime, bright and early, certain, ci devant, clairvoyant, confident, divinatory, eager, earlier, early, elder … Moby Thesaurus
crawling — Synonyms and related words: abject, accumbent, alive with, all fours, ambling, amphibian, anguine, atiptoe, atmospherics, backscratching, batrachian, beggarly, blaring, blasting, blind spot, bootlicking, bristling, bursting, cautious, circumspect … Moby Thesaurus
creeping — Synonyms and related words: all fours, ambling, amphibian, anguine, atiptoe, atmospherics, batrachian, blaring, blasting, blind spot, cautious, cautiousness, circumspect, circumspection, claudicant, colubriform, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping… … Moby Thesaurus
expectant — Synonyms and related words: agape, agog, alert, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, anxious, apprehensive, aspiring, assured, atiptoe, awaiting, big, certain, confident, eager, expecting, fond, forearmed, forestalling … Moby Thesaurus
expecting — Synonyms and related words: agape, agog, all agog, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, atiptoe, awaiting, aweless, big, big with child, big laden, breeding, calm, carrying, carrying a fetus, certain, composed, confident, cool,… … Moby Thesaurus
reptile — Synonyms and related words: Gila monster, Reptilia, agama, alligator, amphibian, anguine, animal, anole, aquatic, atiptoe, batrachian, bearded lizard, beast, biped, blindworm, box turtle, butterfly agama, canine, cannibal, carnivore, cayman,… … Moby Thesaurus
tiptoe — Synonyms and related words: above, abovestairs, airward, all fours, aloft, aloof, atiptoe, be careful, be cautious, couch, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, go on tiptoe, grovel, gumshoe, gumshoeing, high, high up, in the air, in the clouds, inch … Moby Thesaurus
prunes and prisms — noun plural : affected, primly precise, or priggish speech or behavior go atiptoe and talk prunes and prisms C.G.D.Roberts their prunes and prisms young daughters Bruce Marshall * * * prunes and prisms 1. Part of a formula for setting the lips… … Useful english dictionary
