pussyfoot
/poos-ee-foot/US // ˈpʊs iˌfʊt //UK // (ˈpʊsɪˌfʊt) informal //
猫脚,小脚丫,猫脚丫子,猫足
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Definitions
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- : to act cautiously or timidly, as if afraid to commit oneself on a point at issue.
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural puss·y·foots.
- : a person with a catlike, or soft and stealthy, tread.
- : Chiefly British. a teetotaler or prohibitionist.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson has told a Glasgow audience that he is no kill-joy, but smokes cigars.
He had been called many things—loan-shark, skinflint, tightwad, pussyfoot—but he had never before been called a flirt.
It appears that the man called the lamp-post "Pussyfoot," and the latter promptly knocked him down.
Converting a pussyfoot into liquid measure with caustic soda water.
But that is another story, and might bring Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson on the scene before his time.
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