PALTERING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear

Synonyms:

fibbing; paltering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("paltering" is a kind of...):

fabrication; lying; prevarication (the deliberate act of deviating from the truth)

Derivation:

palter (be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information)

-ing form of the verb palter