Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for pussyfoot

Synonyms for pussyfoot

Grammar : Verb
Spell : poos-ee-foot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʊs iˌfʊt

Top 10 synonyms for pussyfoot
Other synonyms for the word pussyfoot

Définition of pussyfoot

Origin :
  • also pussy-foot, 1903, "tread softly," from pussy (n.1) + foot (n.). As a noun from 1911, "a detective," American English, from the nickname of U.S. government Indian Affairs agent W.E. Johnson (1862-1945), in charge of suppressing liquor traffic on Indian reservations in Oklahoma, who was noted for his stealthy tactics. Related: Pussyfooting; pussy-footed (1893).
  • verb be cautious
Example sentences :
  • Converting a pussyfoot into liquid measure with caustic soda water.
  • Extract from : « The Nurserymatograph » by A Lawyer
  • Call him a Pussyfoot as well; you cannot shake him from his pinnacle.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, February 25th, 1920 » by Various
  • Your king of Kusiak has to learn some time that everybody isn't going to sidestep him and pussyfoot when he's around.
  • Extract from : « The Yukon Trail » by William MacLeod Raine
  • It was to have one church, to be used by the various denominations, and to be what is now called “Pussyfoot.”
  • Extract from : « Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life » by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey
  • Are Mr. Volstead or Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson satisfied with the present condition of things in their country?
  • Extract from : « My Impresssions of America » by Margot Asquith
  • But that is another story, and might bring Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson on the scene before his time.
  • Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Mr. Pussyfoot Johnson has told a Glasgow audience that he is no kill-joy, but smokes cigars.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, October 20, 1920 » by Various
  • He had been called many things—loan-shark, skinflint, tightwad, pussyfoot—but he had never before been called a flirt.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis
  • It appears that the man called the lamp-post "Pussyfoot," and the latter promptly knocked him down.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 30th, 1920 » by Various

Antonyms for pussyfoot

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019