tiptoeing

verb

present participle of tiptoe
as in padding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoeing
  1. padding
  2. creeping
  3. inching
  4. crawling
  5. edging
  6. sneaking
  7. ghosting
  8. slinking
Verb
  • Summer footwear is everything, whether you’re headed to the pool, running errands, or just padding around the house.
    — Sarah Scott, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2026
  • The professors were bitter and angry—angry at a university, a state, and a country where their fields of study were regarded as obsolete, useful only for padding the schedules of STEM students or as a backstop for STEM burnouts.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of padding
Verb
  • They’re concentrated in the Southeast, but lone star ticks have been making their way north and creeping in from the coasts.
    — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Farther north in the Bay Area, residents should expect temperatures in the 90s and some hot spots creeping into the 100s with little relief from the heat overnight, the National Weather Service said.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of creeping
Verb
  • The fitness legend began inching back into the spotlight in 2024 and was working on a Broadway musical of his life story at the time of his death.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • The line is inching along slowly, and the clouds are threatening rain, but no one seems bothered.
    — Natan Dvir, Curbed, 13 July 2026
Definition of inching
Verb
  • With fervent editing, careful scene geography, and assured direction, the walk before the run can be tense enough to send viewers crawling out of their seats, willing the fugitive onscreen to get a move on already.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • Health inspectors observed one small roach-like insect crawling from the mop sink to under the nearby prep table.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
Definition of crawling
Verb
  • The top two picks in a possibly generational NBA Draft class faced off for the first time as pros last night, with AJ Dybantsa’s Wizards edging Darryn Peterson’s Jazz 92-88.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • Floss flower is suitable for cutting, attracting butterflies, edging the front of a bed, or growing in containers.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
Definition of edging
Verb
  • Just a few weeks into the war, one of the Persian Gulf’s top oil producers quietly began sneaking its crude out of the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • But neither those measures nor Friday’s sizzling temperatures stopped fans from gathering in hopes of sneaking a peak at their longtime idol and sending Swift their well wishes.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of sneaking
Verb
  • The more often people talk about ghosting, the more people seem to ghost.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of ghosting
Verb
  • At night, guard dogs and surveillance teams monitor the grounds year-round, because catastrophe at Wimbledon comes in the form of a two-foot-long fox slinking onto a court and marking its territory.
    — Nick Pachelli, Time, 11 July 2026
  • Once the performers appear, slinking in from the sides of the stage, the show firmly takes shape and eases smoothly from one episode from the Gospels to the next.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Definition of slinking
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