Palter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate. See Synonyms at lie2.
  • verb-intransitive. To be capricious; trifle.
  • verb-intransitive. To quibble, especially in bargaining.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions.
  • v. To trifle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To haggle.
  • verb-intransitive. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
  • verb-intransitive. To babble; to chatter.
  • v. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To talk in a trifling manner; babble.
  • To talk insincerely; equivocate; trifle; shift; use trickery.
  • To trifle away; use or spend in a paltry manner; squander.
  • To fashion by trickery; patch up.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  • Verb Form
    paltered    paltering    palters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    misinform    mislead   
    Form
    palterer   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    equivocate    shift    dodge    trifle    babble    chatter    waste    prevaricate