(v) lie, See Also: equivocate, fib, palter, prevaricate, fabricate, Syn. หลอก, โกหก, Example:ความคิดบ้าบอคอแตกทั้งหลายของชาวบ้านล้วนเป็นเรื่องที่แกกุขึ้นมาหลอกกันทั้งสิ้น, Thai Definition:สร้างให้เป็นเรื่องเป็นข่าวขึ้นโดยไม่มีมูล

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0 Volubilis Dictionary (TH-EN-FR)

กุ

[ku] (v) EN: lie ; equivocate ; fib ; palter ; prevaricate ; fabricate FR: feindre ; simuler

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

palter

(vi) /pˈɔːltər/ /พ้อล เถิ่ร/ /p oo1 l t @ r/

palters

(vi) /pˈɔːltəz/ /พ้อล เถอะ สึ/ /p oo1 l t @ z/

paltered

(vi, vi) /pˈɔːltəd/ /พ้อล เถอะ ดึ/ /p oo1 l t @ d/

paltering

(vi) /pˈɔːltərɪŋ/ /พ้อล เถอะ หริ่ง/ /p oo1 l t @ r i ng/

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Palter

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 ]

Palter

v. t. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things. [ Obs. ] “Palter out your time in the penal statutes.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palterer

n. One who palters. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palterly

a. & adv. Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] “In palterly clothes.” Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

beat around the bush

(v) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information, Syn. prevaricate, tergiversate, equivocate, palter

fibbing

(n) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear, Syn. paltering

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Haarspalter { m }

hairsplitter; pettifogger