tiptoes

verb

present tense third-person singular of tiptoe
as in ghosts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiptoes
  1. pads
  2. inches
  3. edges
  4. slinks
  5. crawls
Verb
  • In other words, the additional money that our companies are shelling out to cover higher memory costs ultimately pads these three companies’ bottom lines.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 June 2026
  • Adding the killer’s voice just pads an already too-long book.
    — Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Definition of pads
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  • The rest of the film drags, the pacing falters, and the story inches toward a mediocre conclusion.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
  • Every generation inches it forward.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 28 May 2026
Definition of inches
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  • Past the Army and the Navy, the Florida Department of Corrections, Sherwin-Williams Paints and assorted local police departments, Drummond edges into line at a table advertising cybersecurity certification programs.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Palm Beach edges Florida via head-to-head results for 3rd, as does Bay Area over Carolina for 5th.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of edges
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  • Hurts Like Hell is Cornfield’s twangiest album yet, thanks in large part to the pedal steel that slinks through its songs, handled like quicksilver by Adam Brisbin.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Anne slinks off with her husband.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Definition of slinks
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  • Seltz’s system crawls hundreds of millions of pages a day, and returns results in under 200 milliseconds.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • At sunset, the city starts glowing around you while traffic crawls silently below.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
Definition of crawls
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