Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tippytoe

/ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tip-py-toe
IPA: /ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of tiptoe.

verb

Alternative form of tiptoe.

Example Sentences

"Auntie Marg was down from Magnet and me and Lee played cricket out the back with the littlies to get some air and keep them busy. Now and then a batter would really get onto one and the ball'd go out through the doublegee paddock towards the train tracks and someone'd have to go tippy-toeing through all that shit to get it."
"White shirt now red, my bloody nose Sleepin', you're on your tippy toes."

Inflected Forms

tippytoes (plural) tippytoes (present, singular) tippytoeing (participle, present) tippytoed (participle, past) tippytoed (past)

Synonyms

tiptoe tip

Questions

How do you pronounce tippytoe?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɪpiˌtoʊ/.
What does tippytoe mean?: Alternative form of tiptoe.

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