pussyfoot



pussyfoot around

Fig. to go about timidly and cautiously. (Alludes to a cat walking carefully.) Stop pussyfooting around! Get on with it! I wish that they would not pussyfoot around when there are tough decisions to be made.
See also: around, pussyfoot

pussyfoot (around)

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.
See also: around, pussyfoot

pussyfoot

verb

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elias[i'laiəs]
WernerVER-ner (German), VER-nər (Dutch), WER-nər (Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Fiorino-Italian
Eadmund-Anglo-Saxon
Jarvis['dʒa:vis]
Tinatini-Georgian