pussyfoot

pussyfoot

verb

Definition of PUSSYFOOT

1

to avoid giving a definite answer or position <politicians who try to pussyfoot around hot-button issues>

Synonyms fudge, hedge, pussyfoot, tergiversate, waffle, weasel

Related Words flip-flop, yo-yo; dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shake, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt; bypass, circumvent; cavil, quibble; straddle

2

to move about in a sly or secret manner <pussyfooting through the hallways in the middle of the night>

Synonyms lurk, mooch, mouse, pussyfoot, shirk, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, steal

Related Words crawl, creep, edge, inch, worm; ghost, pad, tiptoe