Associations to the word «Pussyfoot»

Wiktionary

PUSSYFOOT, verb. (intransitive) To move silently, stealthily, or furtively.
PUSSYFOOT, verb. (intransitive) To act timidly or cautiously.
PUSSYFOOT, verb. (intransitive) To use euphemistic language or circumlocution.

Dictionary definition

PUSSYFOOT, verb. To go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley