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a•tip•toe
Pronunciation: (u-tip'tō"), [key]—
adv., adj.
1. standing or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively).
2. eagerly expectant, as anticipating a desired event or arrival:
waiting atiptoe for the mail.
3. moving with caution or stealth, as avoiding calling attention to one's presence:
She walked atiptoe through the sleeping house. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.