Found 2 items, similar to palter.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: palter palter v : be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [syn: beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Palter Palter \Pal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering.] [See Paltry.] 1. To haggle. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] 2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle. [1913 Webster] Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Palter \Pal"ter\, v. t. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [Obs.] “Palter out your time in the penal statutes.” --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]