Tiptoe
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Tiptoe (tiptoes or tippy toes) describes the human body posture and locomotion of removing the heel(s) of one or both feet from the ground. The term is mostly used colloquially when the weight is placed on the balls of the feet rather than literally on the tips of the toes; literal tip-toeing is difficult but possible, as in the pointe technique of ballet. In running, landing on the ball of the foot is known as forefoot strike.
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This article is about the posture. For habitual or pathological tiptoeing by children, see Toe walking. For other uses of "tiptoe" or "tip toe", see Tiptoe (disambiguation).