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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To move stealthily or cautiously.
  2. v. Informal To act or proceed cautiously or timidly to avoid committing oneself.

Wiktionary

  1. v. intransitive To move silently, stealthily, or furtively.
  2. v. intransitive To act timidly or cautiously.
  3. v. intransitive To use euphemistic language or circumlocution.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. to go stealthily or furtively

Etymologies

  1. From pussy (“feline”) +‎ foot; because of the light and careful tread of cats. (Wiktionary)

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