on tiptoe

English

Prepositional phrase

on tiptoe

1. Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes.
2. Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily on the tips of one's toes.

   We crept out on tiptoe so as not to awake the children.

Synonyms

• (adverbial): atiptoe, en pointe (ballet), tiptoeingly (rare)
• (adjectival): atiptoe, tiptoeing

Translations

moving carefully

• Bulgarian: на пръсти (na prǎsti)
• Catalan: de puntetes
• Esperanto: piedfingropinte
• Finnish: varpaisillaan
• French: sur la pointe des pieds (fr), à pas feutrés (fr)
• Greek: ακροποδητί (el) (akropodití)
• Hungarian: lábujjhegyen
• Irish: ar na barraicíní
• Russian: на цыпочках (na cypočkax)
• Scottish Gaelic: air corra-biod
• Spanish: de puntillas, en puntas de pie, de puntitas
• Tagalog: nakatigda, patiyad, nakatiyad
• Walloon: so ses tchåssetes (wa)
• Welsh: ar flaenau'r traed