Sekirov Dictionary

pussyfoot

/ˈpʊsiˌfʊt/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 3

verb3

To move silently, stealthily, or furtively.
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To act timidly or cautiously.
- — So are you going to practice what you’re preaching and stop pussyfooting around with Faye? — Hey, I’m 0 for 1 when it comes to practicing what I preach. These feet stay pussied for the time being. — 2004
•
To use euphemistic language or circumlocution.
- "Then you talk up! And plain! What's there to be so pussyfooting about?" — 1946

noun2

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(old-fashioned) A teetotaller.
- "We keep off that road like a pussyfoot keeps off whiskey. Get it out of your bean that we're exploring a deserted ruin." — 1930
Synonym of bluemink (“Ageratum houstonianum”).

forms

pussyfooted · pussyfooting · pussyfoots

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