Or for a southern accent, “pussy footing”.
Actually it is “pussyfooting” (one word but that’s OK). It gives me the opportunity to use the word, “pussyfooting” again—just to rub it in the people on their pompous high horses. See my post #80 for the what actually transpired with the shortened use of the word, “pussyfooting.”
Ted Cruz was a pussyfooter around the question about Water Boarding and Trump called him on it. In the Manchester NH speech the people of Manchester (and from beyond) told the nation that Ted Cruz was a pussyfooter.