PUSSYFOOT DEFINITIONS - 7 definitions found
pussyfoot v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) pussyfoot intransitive verb Date: 1903 1. to tread or move warily or stealthily 2. to refrain from committing oneself • pussyfooter noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary pussyfoot (pussyfoots, pussyfooting, pussyfooted) If you say that someone is pussyfooting around, you are criticizing them for behaving in a too cautious way because they are not sure what to do and are afraid to commit themselves. Why don't they stop pussyfooting around and say what they really mean? VERB: V around/about, also V [disapproval] English Explanatory Dictionary pussyfoot ˈpusɪfut v.intr. 1 move stealthily or warily. 2 act cautiously or noncommittally. øøpussyfooter n. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) pussyfoot ˈpusɪfut v. 1 sneak, creep, slink, prowl, steal, tiptoe: I wish she'd stop pussyfooting about the house. 2 beat about the bush, hem or hum and haw, equivocate, hesitate, be evasive, evade the issue, prevaricate, tergiversate, be noncommittal, be or sit on the fence, blow hot and cold: Don't pussyfoot with me - just come out and say what you really think. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 84 Moby Thesaurus words for "pussyfoot": about the bush, around the bush, be careful, be cautious, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, choplogic, couch, crawl, creep, dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, glide, go on tiptoe, grovel, gumshoe, hedge, hem and haw, hesitate, hum and haw, inch, inch along, lay wait, lie in wait, lurk, make haste slowly, mystify, nightwalk, nitpick, obscure, pad, palter, parry, pick nits, prevaricate, prowl, pull away, pull back, put off, quibble, recoil, scrabble, scramble, shadow, sheer off, shift, shift off, shrink, shuffle, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, sidle, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, split hairs, stalk, steal, steal along, step aside, swerve, take it easy, tergiversate, think twice, tippytoe, tiptoe, walk on eggshells, ward off, weasel, worm, worm along |
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