pussyfoot
verb (used without object)
to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
pussyfooted
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past participleof pussyfoot.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pussyfoot.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pussyfootverb (used without object)to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
Example Sentences
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I pussyfooted around the garage, checked whether there were hostages in the canteen.
From US News ● Jul. 25, 2016
Yet he has not pussyfooted against latter-day revolutionaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have sidled, tiptoed, pussyfooted, perhaps even slunk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sergeant Roy Hooe pussyfooted along the slim runway leading to the spewing machine, did some windy tinkering.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then I studied some more documents in a masterful manner and forgot my caller entirely till at last he pussyfooted out, having caught sight of Sandy down by the corral.
From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson
