Paltering

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palter \Pal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paltered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Paltering}.] [See {Paltry}.]
     1. To haggle. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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     2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to


        equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.
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              Romans, that have spoke the word,
              And will not palter.                  --Shak.
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              Who never sold the truth to serve the hour,
              Nor paltered with eternal God for power. --Tennyson.
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     3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paltering
       n : a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear [syn: {fibbing}]