See pussyfoot in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To move silently and furtively:
creep, glide, lurk, mouse, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, steal. (Slang) gumshoe. See moveTo use evasive or deliberately vague language:
equivocate, euphemize, hedge, shuffle, tergiversate, weasel. (Informal) waffle. Idioms: beat about (or around) the bush, mince words. See clearLearn more about pussyfoot