Explore Tiptoes through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tiptoes meaning
The tips of the toes.
Using Tiptoes
- The main meaning on this page is: The tips of the toes.
- In the example corpus, tiptoes often appears in combinations such as: on tiptoes.
Context around Tiptoes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tiptoes
- In this selection, "tiptoes" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, timmy, doing and 1911 stand out and add context to how "tiptoes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include balancing on tiptoes and counter on tiptoes and kneading. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tiptoes" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tiptoes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ali is up on his tiptoes. (6 words)
A pointe is the ballet figure where one stands on tiptoes. (11 words)
Grab the back of a chair and slowly go up on tiptoes. (12 words)
There’s nothing more embarrassing than struggling to reach something on the top shelf of the supermarket or being unable to see a gig from the back of the room without balancing on tiptoes. (34 words)
Tompert grew up helping her mom in the kitchen and said she has vivid memories of peering over the counter on tiptoes and kneading butter into the Plätzchen dough. (29 words)
Legacies Goody and Mrs. Hackee, illustration to The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1911 Potter left almost all the original illustrations for her books to the National Trust. (27 words)
Example sentences (9)
Ali is up on his tiptoes.
Grab the back of a chair and slowly go up on tiptoes.
There’s nothing more embarrassing than struggling to reach something on the top shelf of the supermarket or being unable to see a gig from the back of the room without balancing on tiptoes.
Then there are the two models standing on tiptoes doing their best to look like they are diving despite the magazine-looking backdrop of an ocean.
Tompert grew up helping her mom in the kitchen and said she has vivid memories of peering over the counter on tiptoes and kneading butter into the Plätzchen dough.
As India amass 352 with clinical efficiency, a few dozen Indian fans are here, on tiptoes.
She stood on her tiptoes, which elongated her shorter frame, and held one hand on the white wall next to her for support.
A pointe is the ballet figure where one stands on tiptoes.
Legacies Goody and Mrs. Hackee, illustration to The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1911 Potter left almost all the original illustrations for her books to the National Trust.
Common combinations with tiptoes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on tiptoes 6×