tiptoe

[US]/'tɪptəʊ/
[UK]/'tɪpto/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mizani ya miguu; mchele ya miguu
vi. kusafiri kwenye mizani ya miguu
adv. kwenye mizani ya miguu
adj. kusafiri kwa uovu na ujumla; kwa uovu
Word Forms
Third Person Singulartiptoes
Past Participletiptoed
Present Participletiptoeing
Pluraltiptoes
Past Tensetiptoed

Phrases & Collocations

on tiptoe

kwenye miguu yangu ya miguu

tiptoe around

kutembea mguu mguu

tiptoe in

kutembea mguu mguu kwa mguu

tiptoe out

kutembea mguu mguu kwa mguu

tiptoe away

kutembea mguu mguu kwa mguu

stand on tiptoe

kuvimba mguu mguu

Example Sentences

I stood tiptoe upon a little hill.

Niliangalia kwenye mlima mdogo.

Liz tiptoed out of the room.

Liz alisafiri kwa mstari mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu.

Jane stood on tiptoe to kiss him.

Jane alikimbia kwenye mguu kwa mguu kwa mwenyewe.

He stood tiptoe upon a little hill.

Alikuwa na mguu mrefu kwenye mlima mdogo.

The children were on tiptoe before the birthday party.

Wanyama walikuwa na mguu mrefu kabla ya tukio la kuzaliwa.

She had to stand on tiptoe to reach the top shelf.

Alikuwa na mguu mrefu ili kushangaza kifungu cha juu.

He tiptoed quietly up the stairs.

Alikuwa na mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu.

She tiptoed to the bedside of the sleeping child.

Alikwenda kwenye miguu ya mtumwa wa mwenye mafua na kuchangia miguu.

I tiptoed past the sleeping child.

Niliangalia kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu.

We crept around on tiptoes so as not to disturb him.

Tulizungusha mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu.

She tiptoed quietly out of the room so as not to wake him up.

Alikuwa na mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu.

I had to stand on tiptoe and even then I could hardly reach.

Niliangalia kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu.

shuffling her feet into a pair of shoes, she tiptoed out of the room.

Baada ya kushushua pamoja na pambano, alijua kwenye nyumba.

tiptoed lest the guard should hear her; anxious lest he become ill.

Alikuwa na mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu.

Fei Little Beard squeezed in crabwise, closed the door quietly and tiptoed across to the desk where Wu Sun-fu was sitting."Yes, there's some," he muttered timidly, looking down at the floor.

Fei Little Beard alitumia mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu kwa mguu mrefu.

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