Palter

[pɒ:ltә]

(v. i.) To haggle.

(v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

(v. i.) To babble; to chatter.

(v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

Edited by Lancelot

v. n. Equivocate, shuffle, dodge, quibble, evade, prevaricate.

Checked by Harlan

SYN:Shuffle, prevaricate, trifle, shift, dodge, haggle

ANT:Act, determine, decide

Edited by Elena

v.i. to trifle in talk: to use trickery: to dodge: to shuffle: to equivocate.—n. Pal′terer.

Checked by Lilith