Crossword clues for pussyfoot
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also pussy-foot, 1903, "tread softly," from pussy (n.1) + foot (n.). As a noun from 1911, "a detective," American English, from the nickname of U.S. government Indian Affairs agent W.E. Johnson (1862-1945), in charge of suppressing liquor traffic on Indian reservations in Oklahoma, who was noted for his stealthy tactics. Related: Pussyfooting; pussy-footed (1893).
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To move silently, stealthily, or furtively. 2 (context intransitive English) To act timidly or cautiously. 3 (context intransitive English) To use euphemistic language or circumlocution.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Pussyfoot was a British recording act of the late 1970s. The act consisted of songwriter, producer and musician Mick Flinn, and vocalist Donna Jones. Flinn remained behind the scenes, and Jones was marketed as a solo artist.
Pussyfoot is a 2008 comedy film directed by Dusan Sekulovic.
Usage examples of "pussyfoot".
Then he pussyfooted up to the fireplace and peered intently at the portrait of Simon Harkness.
Nim thought glumly: The soft approach, excessive worrying about an elusive public image, pussyfooting, never standing up to the Birdsongs of the world by employing their own tough tactics in reverse -all these were the order of the day.
Betty Blum begins to take blame and croon apologies in the familiar catty pussyfooting of one browbeaten señora coming to the defense of another.
If you put together Project MAC and Bob Ettingers freezers and the negative income tax, you have something that is really quite a lot like The Age of the Pussyfoot .
Garcia, and that he was authorized by the principality of Brementon—an autonomous region of the great Outland Free State—to issue bail bonds, apprehend fugitives, conduct investigations, carry a nonnuclear weapon, and in general skulk, lurk, pussyfoot, slink, creep, and lie in ambush.
I went to all that trouble to get Cotton Younger in here peaceable, pussyfooted to get you gals out of the room before I announced his arrest, and there you two were, rolling and spitting like alley cats between us, and he was able to make a break for it!