资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palter \Pal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paltered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Paltering}.] [See {Paltry}.]
   1. To haggle. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.

   2. To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to
      equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

            Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not
            palter.                               --Shak.

            Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor
            paltered with eternal God for power.  --Tennyson.

   3. To babble; to chatter. [Obs.]

资料来源 : WordNet®

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