palter

palter
v
1. lie, stretch the truth, prevaricate, fib, Inf. talk through one's hat, Inf. tell the big lie, Inf. speak with forked tongue; mince words, not tell the whole truth or story; equivocate, quibble, Sl. waffle, fudge, beat around or about the bush, hedge, qualify; avoid, evade, dodge, sidestep; doubletalk, backtrack, back-pedal, sidetrack; tergiversate, vacillate, oscillate, shilly-shally, waver, alternate, fluctuate, go back and forth or up and down.
2. deceive, trick, fool, hoodwink, bamboozle, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes; throw dust in [s.o.'s] eyes, throw [s.o.] for a loop; mislead, lead up the garden path, Sl. take for a ride; misinform, misdirect, Inf. give [s.o.] a bum steer; throw off the scent or trail, put on a false scent, drag or draw a red herring across the trail.

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  • Palter — ist der Name von: Lew Palter, US amerikanischer Schauspieler Morris Palter, kanadischer Schlagzeuger Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palter — I verb act, act insincerely, be deceitful, be deceptive, be dishonest, be evasive, be false, be fraudulent, be hypocritical, be inconstant, be insincere, be mendacious, be perfidious, be uncandid, be untruthful, bear false witness, beguile,… …   Law dictionary

  • palter — (v.) 1530s, speak indistinctly, of unknown origin. Hence play fast and loose (c.1600). Related: Paltered; paltering …   Etymology dictionary

  • palter — *lie, prevaricate, equivocate, fib Analogous words: evade, elude, *escape: *trifle, dally …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • palter — [pôl′tər] vi. [freq. formation < dial. palt, rag, piece of cloth (< a LowG source): orig. ? with reference to haggling over cloth prices] 1. to talk or act insincerely; prevaricate 2. to deal with facts, decisions, etc. lightly or… …   English World dictionary

  • palter — verb /ˈpɔːltə,ˈpɒltə/ a) To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. I would prevaricate and palter in my usual plausible way, but, this being Cambridge, such stratagems would cut no ice with my remorseless and (in my… …   Wiktionary

  • palter — [ pɔ:ltə, pɒl ] verb archaic 1》 equivocate or prevaricate. 2》 (palter with) trifle with. Derivatives palterer noun Origin C16 (in the sense mumble or babble ): of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

  • palter — /ˈpɔltə/ (say pawltuh) verb (i) 1. to talk or act insincerely; equivocate; deal crookedly. 2. to haggle. 3. to trifle: *inwardly he had a profound suspicion that the tall man was paltering with the truth –norman lindsay, 1913. {compare obsolete… …  

  • palter with the truth — index distort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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