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puss·y·foot (p

-f

)

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.

pussy·footer n.

pussyfoot [ˈpʊsɪˌfʊt] Informal

vb (intr)

1. to move about stealthily or warily like a cat

2. to avoid committing oneself

n pl -foots

a person who pussyfoots

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Verb

pussyfoot - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

mouse, sneak, creep

walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"

pussyfoot

verb hedge, sit on the fence, prevaricate, beat about the bush, flannel (Brit. informal), equivocate, be noncommittal, hum and haw, tergiversate Stop pussyfooting around and say what you really mean!

Translations

pussyfoot [ˈpʊsɪfʊt] VI (esp US) (also pussyfoot around) → andar sigilosamente (fig) → no decidirse

pussyfoot [ˈpʊsɪˌfʊt] vi (fam, pej) → tentennare

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I must say, Vincent is one of my few living heroes, because he is no pussyfooter.

Glenn O'Brien by Artforum International

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