to palter

English - Turkish

Definition of to palter in English Turkish dictionary

ciddiye almamak

kapris yapmak

ihmal etmek

aldat

oyun etmek

hafife almak

ciddiyetsiz davranmak

{f} aldatmak

küçümsemek

{f} savsaklamak

English - English

Definition of to palter in English English dictionary

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 imagination) gleefully malicious interrogator, who would stare at me with gimlet eyes and say in a harsh voice that crackled with mocking laughter: ‘Excuse me, but do you even know who Lermontov is?’.

{v} to shift, dodge, trifle, spend, squander

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

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

To trifle

To babble; to chatter

{f} cheat, defraud, swindle; treat disrespectfully, treat in a derisive manner

To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things

To haggle

To talk insincerely

Hyphenation

to pal·ter