pussyfoot
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
plural
pussyfoots-
a person with a catlike, or soft and stealthy, tread.
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Chiefly British. a teetotaler or prohibitionist.
verb
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to move about stealthily or warily like a cat
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to avoid committing oneself
noun
Etymology
Origin of pussyfoot
Example Sentences
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“It makes them mental, every time you bring up the adoption, or your birth parents, or anything like that. They start pussyfooting around and being so careful, like, ‘Now, Jonah .
From Literature
And I said, ‘Why am I pussyfooting around?’
From Literature
He took me aside and said sternly, “You can’t pussyfoot it.”
From Salon
Perhaps – nah, let's stop pussyfooting and call it like it is.
From Salon
“The government is pussyfooting around the ESM, which is a very, very small piece in a much larger problem that has to do with overall European economic governance,” he said.
From Reuters
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