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tiptoed

verb

past tense of tiptoe
as in padded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoed
  1. padded
  2. inched
  3. crept
  4. edged
  5. crawled
Verb
  • Sanoja padded Miami’s lead with a two-run homer off reliever Colin Rea in the seventh.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This design helps the pillow stay in place without shifting and many even include a backrest and padded arms.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of padded
Verb
  • Oil prices inched lower on Monday after OPEC+ agreed to further increase its output targets from August while exports from key producers via the Strait of Hormuz are recovering, potentially adding to global supplies.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Specialists on the phone with their clients kept their paddles in the air as the bids inched higher and higher.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of inched
Verb
  • The location opened Monday, welcoming a consistent rush of customers into the space, even as the afternoon waned and crept into the neither-lunch-nor-dinner hours.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Tech has crept into every facet of everyday life, like an invisible fog of ones and zeros.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of crept
Verb
  • Alex Golesh and 14 former South Florida players at Auburn edged Baylor 17-16 thanks to a late 2-point stop.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Pepsi ranked second in 2022 and third in 2023, when Dr Pepper edged past it by a fraction of a point.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of edged
Verb
  • Each tool sharpened one department, and the work still crawled between them, because nobody was ever asked to own the crawling.
    — Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • One roach crawled on glassware in the dishwashing area and eight were under the dishwasher.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawled
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“Tiptoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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