/poos"ee foot'/ , v., n., pl. pussyfoots .
v.i.
1. to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
2. to act cautiously or timidly, as if afraid to commit oneself on a point at issue.
n.
3. a person with a catlike, or soft and stealthy, tread.
4. Chiefly Brit. a teetotaler or prohibitionist.
[ 1890-95, Amer.; PUSSY 1 + FOOT ]
Syn. 2. hedge, dodge, sidestep, straddle.