Mr. Blagojevich may be the first governor to use the expression tippy-toes anywhere in a legislature address, let alone as a verb. From Wordnik.com. [The Lede] Reference
Best regards from Spain tippy. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Summer Television… | the TV addict] Reference
It looks so "tippy" as it is -- I feel like our cats would make short work of it!. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
Anyone who's been in kayak knows how 'tippy' they are so when she went over, I soon followed. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
"Everybody is kind of tippy-toeing into this," said Chris Henrickson, president of Lewis Funeral Chapel of Bremerton in Washington state. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Early Jeeps with similar dimensions were more than a bit 'tippy' on the street, as were some early Jeep-like cars from Suzuki and Daihatsu. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog Green] Reference
He was up to the tippy top, hanging over the edge. From Wordnik.com. [bettyalready Diary Entry] Reference
"Up on tippy-toes tonight," he ordered his grunts. From Wordnik.com. [The War Room Drill] Reference
We were all on our tippy toes - except for Shelley. From Wordnik.com. [blu94anjel Diary Entry] Reference
New safety standard reduces risk of tippy furniture. From Wordnik.com. [Furniture tip-over kills 2-year-old] Reference
A 6-foot ladder makes you can't go on the tippy top. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2009] Reference
HEMMER: Not just tip top, but tippy, tippy, tippy top. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2002] Reference
S. O'BRIEN: The 86th floor observatory or the tippy top?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2006] Reference
HEMMER: We'll look for the tippy, tippy top next time, too. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2002] Reference
Now, the tippy-tippy-tap of TenaX's fingertips on the keyboard?. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Debates Improved Opinions Of Obama Among Independents And Conservatives] Reference
It was tall for its width, which made it feel tippy on the turns. From Wordnik.com. [One Shot]
What do we call the one that's way, way, way up at the tippy top?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2008] Reference
We then, the four of us, tippy-toed across the huge front walkway. From Wordnik.com. [du bis krank in die kauf] Reference
For the outside world in this tippy moment, it is anything but safe. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas von Hoffman: Home Sweet Home] Reference
Sammy stepped on tippy toes, not making a sound, so as to pass without notice. From Wordnik.com. [Roc and a Hard Place]
It tippy-toed to within four meters of my fascinated horse and came to a halt. From Wordnik.com. [Sagittarius Whorl]
He heard a sickly squishy sound and watched the monster hop up to its tippy-toes. From Wordnik.com. [The Woods Out Back]
I'm worried that all of this tippy toeing around Hillary, will only embolden her. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary-As-Veep Roundup] Reference
The car reached the tippy-top of the bridge, laying the entire city at their feet. From Wordnik.com. [Courting Trouble]
Her caption, "If you stand on your tippy toes and squint, you can see Russia too.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2009] Reference
Her caption: "If you stand on your tippy toes and squint, you can see Russia, too.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2009] Reference
So, we are just going to have to stay on our tippy-toes watching what happens today. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2008] Reference
We'll crunch the numbers from the bottom to the very tippy top of the corporate ladder. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2006] Reference
WESLEY DOIG, CAUGHT BABY: I told her to drop the baby and I was on my tippy toes like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2006] Reference
All that wind blew to the very top, and we are at the tippy, tippy top, which is St. Marks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2005] Reference
It was the tippy-top pulling away from the top, or what I like to call "the conehead economy.". From Wordnik.com. [The Kobe Bryant theory of inequality] Reference
All of this tippy-toe politeness of not telling the truth is not useful in our current situation. From Wordnik.com. [Dean: Minorities Don't Do As Well In The White Republican Party] Reference
If there was a category for the worst band of all time they would be at the tippy top of my list!. From Wordnik.com. [turn around, bright eyes] Reference
He treaded water while our civilization stood nostril-deep on its tippy-toes gasping for solutions. From Wordnik.com. [America's Perfect Storm: Transition to Survival After Peak Oil Hits] Reference
After a few minutes three of the exotic insectiles came tippy-toeing out of a crevice, foraging daintily. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
Behind her desk was another lushly padded leather chair, this one even more tippy than the one in the conference room. From Wordnik.com. [Command Decision]
At 2005-02-16 on 7: 21 p.m. well! now that the soccer season is over i might as well keep in tippy top shape by swimming!. From Wordnik.com. [cest-karen Diary Entry] Reference
The wolf-legs on the almost-human torso gave them an odd tippy-toe gait that looked uncomfortable, like sprinters in high heels. From Wordnik.com. [Music to My Sorrow]
ASNES: That's tippy, tippy, tippy top, and if you have kids who have this habit of, like, growing out of their shoes and stuff. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2002] Reference
Outside the silo, I manage to get on my tippy toes as my body is now twisted onto three platforms, pushing him like crazy to the fourth. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
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