tiptoes

Noun

(plural only)

The tips of the toes.
She stood on her tiptoes to appear taller.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative form of tiptoe

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She stood on tiptoes and kissed his cheek.
There was barely room to maneuver, and she found herself standing on her tiptoes to keep track of Evelyn, who had no trouble with the people around her parting the seas for her.
The beautiful woman in front of him rose on her tiptoes as if to kiss him.
She rose to her tiptoes to kiss him, not as she had anyone else, but as she did her mate: with hunger she'd never let herself feel before.
Jessi was on her tiptoes, peeking through the peephole.

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tiptoer

tiptoe

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