Thesaurus / pussyfoot
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synonyms for pussyfoot
- avoid
- creep
- dodge
- equivocate
- evade
- glide
- hedge
- lurk
- prevaricate
- prowl
- shuffle
- sidestep
- skirt
- skulk
- slide
- slink
- slip
- sneak
- steal
- tergiversate
- tiptoe
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- duck the issues
- hem and haw
- play it close to the vest
- sit on the fence
- tergiverse
- tread warily
- watch one's step
- weasel
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Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson has told a Glasgow audience that he is no kill-joy, but smokes cigars.
PUNCH OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, OCTOBER 20, 1920VARIOUSHe had been called many things—loan-shark, skinflint, tightwad, pussyfoot—but he had never before been called a flirt.
MAIN STREETSINCLAIR LEWISIt appears that the man called the lamp-post "Pussyfoot," and the latter promptly knocked him down.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 158, JUNE 30TH, 1920VARIOUSConverting a pussyfoot into liquid measure with caustic soda water.
THE NURSERYMATOGRAPHA LAWYERBut that is another story, and might bring Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson on the scene before his time.
WHAT I SAW IN AMERICAG. K. CHESTERTONIt was to have one church, to be used by the various denominations, and to be what is now called “Pussyfoot.”
FIFTY-ONE YEARS OF VICTORIAN LIFEMARGARET ELIZABETH LEIGH CHILD-VILLIERS, COUNTESS OF JERSEYNow this hotel was strictly Pussyfoot, and my husband, having been warned, had brought his own wine for our Party.
FIFTY-ONE YEARS OF VICTORIAN LIFEMARGARET ELIZABETH LEIGH CHILD-VILLIERS, COUNTESS OF JERSEYYour king of Kusiak has to learn some time that everybody isn't going to sidestep him and pussyfoot when he's around.
THE YUKON TRAILWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEAre Mr. Volstead or Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson satisfied with the present condition of things in their country?
MY IMPRESSSIONS OF AMERICAMARGOT ASQUITHCall him a Pussyfoot as well; you cannot shake him from his pinnacle.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 158, FEBRUARY 25TH, 1920VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO PUSSYFOOT
- alert
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- chary
- circumspect
- considerate
- discreet
- forethoughtful
- gingerly
- hedging one's bets
- heedful
- judicious
- keeping on one's toes
- leery
- on the lookout
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- provident
- prudent
- pussyfoot
- safe
- shrewd
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- tentative
- thinking twice
- vigilant
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watchful
- watching one's step
- watching out
- with one's eyes peeled
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