'Paltering' definitions:
Definition of 'paltering'
From: WordNet
noun
A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear [syn: fibbing, paltering]
Definition of 'Paltering'
From: GCIDE
- 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]