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PUSSYFOOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pussyfoot mean?
• PUSSYFOOT (verb)
The verb PUSSYFOOT has 1 sense:
1. to go stealthily or furtively
Familiarity information: PUSSYFOOT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they pussyfoot ... he / she / it pussyfoots
Past simple: pussyfooted
Past participle: pussyfooted
-ing form: pussyfooting
... he / she / it pussyfoots Past simple: pussyfooted
Past participle: pussyfooted
-ing form: pussyfooting
Sense 1
Meaning:
To go stealthily or furtively
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
creep; mouse; pussyfoot; sneak
Context example:
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
Hypernyms (to "pussyfoot" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children pussyfoot to the playground
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