tiptoe

verb

Definition of tiptoenext
as in to ghost

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Recent Examples of tiptoe Its muscular stone-and-concrete base seems to sprout from the landscape, while the translucent, cantilevered second floor appears to tiptoe across it atop slender steel columns. — Fred Albert, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 Moby has tiptoed into the studio for a new, mostly ambient album, Future Quiet. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Jan. 2026 Even when The Breadwinner starts to tiptoe toward potential reactionary ideas about who belongs in the workplace and who belongs at home, the movie backs off and makes sure that no leaves the theater riled up. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026 When the characters played by Carey Mulligan and Kaden Leos begin to tiptoe into that void, Gosling sells the Driver’s transition into a man finally come alive, revitalized by love and purified by violence. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tiptoe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoe
  1. ghost
  2. pad
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  • And at a blazing 240Hz refresh rate, ghosting, blurring, and screen-tearing will be kept at a minimum.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026
  • Across demographics, though, teens are reporting difficult job searches, taking to Reddit and TikTok with rants about phantom postings, managers who ghost them and applications that go nowhere.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Definition of ghost
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  • The final score was almost padded three minutes later as Rahimi’s header on the break clanged down off the crossbar, but stopped just short of crossing the goal line.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Some are using the passive income to pad their travel fund; others are reinvesting back into their businesses.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Definition of pad

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“Tiptoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoe. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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