pussyfoot
to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
to act cautiously or timidly, as if afraid to commit oneself on a point at issue.
a person with a catlike, or soft and stealthy, tread.
Chiefly British. a teetotaler or prohibitionist.
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How to use pussyfoot in a sentence
Mr. pussyfoot Johnson has told a Glasgow audience that he is no kill-joy, but smokes cigars.
He had been called many things—loan-shark, skinflint, tightwad, pussyfoot—but he had never before been called a flirt.
Main Street | Sinclair LewisIt appears that the man called the lamp-post "pussyfoot," and the latter promptly knocked him down.
Converting a pussyfoot into liquid measure with caustic soda water.
The Nurserymatograph | A LawyerBut that is another story, and might bring Mr. pussyfoot Johnson on the scene before his time.
What I Saw in America | G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for pussyfoot
/ (ˈpʊsɪˌfʊt) informal /
to move about stealthily or warily like a cat
to avoid committing oneself
a person who pussyfoots
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