| Main Entry: | tiptoe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | walking on toes |
Synonyms: |
cautious, cautiously, creeping, quietly, sneaking, stealthy, warily |
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
Synonyms: |
approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | patter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light walk; soft beat |
Synonyms: |
chatter, pad, pat, pelt, pitapat, pitter-patter, rat-a-tat, rattle, scurry, scuttle, skip, tap, tiptoe, trip |
| Main Entry: | pussyfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be cautious |
Synonyms: |
avoid, be noncommittal, beat around the bush, creep, dodge, duck the issues, equivocate, evade, glide, hedge, hem and haw, lurk, play it close to the vest, prevaricate, prowl, shuffle, sidestep, sit on the fence, skirt, skulk, slide, slink, slip, sneak, steal, tergiversate, tergiverse, tiptoe, tread warily, watch one's step, weasel |
Antonyms: |
plod |
| Main Entry: | skip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce or jump over |
Synonyms: |
bob, bolt, bound, buck, canter, caper, carom, cavort, dance, flee, flit, fly, frisk, gambol, glance, graze, hippety-hop, hop, leap, lope, make off, prance, ricochet, run, scamper, scoot, skedaddle, skim, skirr, skitter, spring, step, tiptoe, trip |
| Main Entry: | steal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneak around |
Synonyms: |
creep, flit, glide, go stealthily, insinuate, lurk, pass quietly, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, tiptoe |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move foot to walk |
Synonyms: |
advance, ambulate, ascend, dance, descend, go backward, go down, go forward, go up, hoof, mince, move backward, move forward, pace, prance, skip, stride, tiptoe, traipse, tread, trip, troop, walk |
| Main Entry: | skitter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | skip |
Synonyms: |
bob, bolt*, bound, buck, canter, caper, carom, cavort, dance, flee, flit, fly*, frisk, gambol, glance, graze, hippety-hop, hop, leap, lope, make off, prance, ricochet, run, scamper, scoot, skedaddle, skim, skirr, spring*, step, tiptoe, trip* |