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beating about the bush
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Noun
An indirect answer
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
The use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
Verb
Present participle for discuss a matter without coming to the point
Present participle for to delay a situation until one is prepared
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Noun
▲
An indirect answer
evasion
dodging
evasiveness
fencing
hedging
prevarication
shilly-shallying
shuffling
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
equivocation
pussyfooting
quibbling
sidestepping
stalling
temporization
vagueness
ducking
tergiversation
dodging the issue
sidestepping the issue
stalling for time
ducking the issue
humming and hawing
parrying
stonewalling
double talk
weasel words
avoidance
uncertainty
ambivalence
doubt
qualification
indecision
quibble
vacillation
ambiguity
wavering
fudging
temporizing
US
hesitation
doubtfulness
shuffle
equivocality
temporising
UK
Noun
▲
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
equivocation
dissimulation
deception
duplicity
fallacy
misrepresentation
sophistry
spuriousness
amphibology
amphiboly
deceit
deceptiveness
distortion
doublespeak
fibbing
speciousness
circumlocution
delusion
fib
indirectness
lie
lying
stonewall
waffle
casuistry
colouring
UK
coloring
US
con
cover
flannel
line
paltering
stall
waffling
cover-up
double entendre
double meaning
double talk
pussyfooting around
run-around
song and dance
weasel words
cop out
quibbling routine
spin
fudge
cop-out
evasion
equivocality
prevarication
ambiguity
doubtfulness
song
hedging
shuffling
hedge
equivoque
euphemism
weasel word
tergiversation
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Noun
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The use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
circumlocution
periphrasis
wordiness
diffuseness
indirectness
prolixity
redundancy
verbiage
circuitousness
discursiveness
euphemism
long-windedness
tautology
verbosity
repetition
diffusion
garrulity
garrulousness
logorrhea
pleonasm
repetitiousness
repetitiveness
verbalism
verboseness
windiness
wordage
perissology
superfluity
ambages
circumambages
convolutedness
gassiness
obliqueness
periphrase
roundabout
roundaboutness
verbality
indirect speech
verbal evasion
beating around the bush
loquaciousness
loquacity
rambling
expansiveness
volubility
redundance
copiousness
rhetoric
convolution
logorrhoea
wittering
lengthiness
wandering
digressiveness
talkativeness
blathering
gift of the gab
protractedness
waffling
prattling
babbling
waffle
prating
mouthiness
gabbiness
chattiness
prolixness
effusiveness
multiloquence
flannel
padding
big mouth
sinuosity
wording
tediousness
boringness
maundering
jabbering
gushing
circuity
supererogation
attrition
macrology
gobbledegook
orotundity
blah-blah
garrulous
turgidity
word count
opacity
babble
chatter
prattle
chattering
yakking
communicativeness
glibness
profuseness
prosiness
grandiloquence
rubbish
hot air
garbage
obscureness
meandering
floridity
nonsense
gobbledygook
opaqueness
fluency
openness
articulateness
articulacy
eloquence
over-talkativeness
lack of reserve
gabbling
yackety-yak
gibbering
length
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Verb
▲
Present participle for discuss a matter without coming to the point
dodging the issue
evading the issue
hedging
prevaricating
vacillating
fudging the issue
hesitating
humming and hawing
parrying questions
pussyfooting around
quibbling
shilly-shallying
stalling
waffling
ducking the question
flanneling
flannelling
tergiversating
sitting on the fence
equivocating
pussyfooting
fencing
dodging
fudging
evading
beating around the bush
sidestepping the issue
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
temporizing
US
temporising
UK
ducking the issue
sidestepping
mincing words
hemming and hawing
paltering
caviling
US
copping out
shuffling
cavilling
UK
stalling for time
stonewalling
blowing hot and cold
avoiding the issue
ducking
avoiding
parrying
copping a plea
flip-flopping
passing the buck
shuffling about
playing it close to the vest
skirting the issue
shirking
shifting
hedging your bets
giving the run around
shucking
shuffling around
misrepresenting
shifting ground about
skirting
falsifying
straddling an issue
dodging the question
playing your cards close to your chest
wavering
giving nothing away
conning
jiving
covering up
adumbrating
straddling the fence
pettifogging
lying
mincing matters
fibbing
subtilizing
running around
begging the question
telling white lie
clouding the issue
giving run around
eluding
circumventing
getting around
eschewing
balking
US
bypassing
baulking
UK
giving the runaround
dancing around an issue
worming one's way out of
getting out of
finding a way round
skirting round
rambling
copping out of
beating about the bush about
beating around bush
quibbling about
fending off
avoiding answering
skulking
shunning
cheating
welshing
reneging
fleeing
malingering
shuffling off
slipping
sloughing off
goldbricking
sneaking away
slipping out
putting off
laying low
escaping
beating
shortcutting
skipping
giving the slip
shaking
going around
skipping out on
shaking off
steering clear of
putting the move on
dancing around
ditching
juking
giving a wide berth to
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“Not to
beat about the bush
what's to prevent your marrying her?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay a situation until one is prepared
playing for time
delaying
gaining time
hanging back
hanging fire
holding back
procrastinating
stalling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
dithering
equivocating
filibustering
hedging
hesitating
prevaricating
putting off
stonewalling
using delaying tactics
tarrying
deferring
kicking the can down the road
beating around the bush
taking one's time
holding over
diverting
postponing
buying time
distracting
dragging your feet
avoiding the issue
stalling for time
taking your time
avoiding making a decision
tergiversating
paltering
using Fabian tactics
playing a waiting game
avoiding committing oneself
dallying
lingering
dragging
lagging
poking
dawdling
shilly-shallying
dillydallying
diddling
creeping
moping
lollygagging
crawling
loitering
waiting
dilly-dallying
marking time
lallygagging
idling
staying
pottering round
pottering about
killing time
humming and hawing
putting off doing something
hanging about
falling behind
wasting time
hanging around
vacillating
pausing
pottering around
slacking
shirking
dropping behind
using dilatory tactics
putting on the back burner
pottering
trifling
loafing
getting no place fast
fooling around
sitting on one's butt
frittering away
diddle-daddling
scrounging around
shlepping along
bumming around
frittering time away
hanging out
sitting around
warming a chair
straggling
tottering
waiting around
hanging on
staying put
staggering
goofing off
whiling away time
lagging behind
plodding
horsing around
retarding
cooling
swithering
havering
taking a raincheck
dragging your heels
suspending action
postponing action
goldbricking
protracting
prolonging
wavering
adjourning
deferring action
letting something slide
holding off
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