PUSSYFOOT is validvalid

[v PUSSYFOOTED, PUSSYFOOTING, PUSSYFOOTS]

110,511 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

a prohibitionist [n -S] / to tread softly or lightly to avoid being noticed; to act cautiously or noncommittally [v -ED, -ING, -S]