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Definition of pussyfoot - 3 dictionary results

puss⋅y⋅foot

  [poos-ee-foot] verb, noun, plural -foots.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
2. to act cautiously or timidly, as if afraid to commit oneself on a point at issue.
–noun
3. a person with a catlike, or soft and stealthy, tread.
4. Chiefly British. a teetotaler or prohibitionist.
Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; pussy 1 + foot

Synonyms:
2. hedge, dodge, sidestep, straddle.
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puss·y·foot   (pŏŏs'ē-fŏŏt')   
intr.v.   puss·y·foot·ed, puss·y·foot·ing, puss·y·foots

  1. To move stealthily or cautiously.

  2. Informal To act or proceed cautiously or timidly to avoid committing oneself.

puss'y·foot'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
pussyfoot (around)

  1. in.
    to behave in a very cautious manner; to (metaphorically) tread softly; to hedge or equivocate. : Come on and say what you mean! Stop pussyfooting.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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