pussyfoot
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pussyfooted, past participle; pussyfooted, past tense; pussyfoots, 3rd person singular present; pussyfooting, present participle;
/ˈpo͝osēˌfo͝ot/,
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pussyfooted, past participle; pussyfooted, past tense; pussyfoots, 3rd person singular present; pussyfooting, present participle;
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Act in a cautious or noncommittal way
- - I realized I could no longer pussyfoot around
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Move stealthily or warily
- - they make a great show of pussyfooting through the greenery
Web Definitions:
- sneak: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
- Pussyfoot was the name of a British recording act of the late 1970s.
- Pussyfoot is a 2008 film directed by Dusan Sekulovic.
- To move silently, stealthily, or furtively; To act timidly or cautiously; To use euphemistic language or circumlocution
- Railroad detective, police, or security personnel, often found in plain clothes in rail yards or piggy-back lifts where high-dollar freight is being moved.
- to do something very cautiously