pusillanimous, a. See cowardly.

pussy, a. (Colloq.) pursy, [fleshy].

put back. [replace], [restore], reinstate; [retard], [impede], [delay], [hinder].

put between. interpose.

put down. [deposit]; [crush], [quell], [suppress], [repress], vanquish [overthrow]; [reduce], [lower].

put in. [insert], inject, interpolate, interpose, thrust in, interject, interlard.

put-off, n. [shift], [evasion], [subterfuge], [ruse], [parry].

put off. discard, doff; [delay], defer, [postpone], procrastinate.

put out. [eject], [oust], [remove], evict, [dispossess], dislodge; [extend], protrude; extinguish; [issue], [publish]; [dislocate]; [displease], [offend], [anger].

putter, v. [potter], [pother], [trifle], fribble, [dally], dawdle.