Pal·ter v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paltered p. pr. & vb. n. Paltering.]
 1. To haggle. [Obs.]
 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.]
 paltering
      n : a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear [syn: fibbing]