palter

synonyms

around the bush

babble

back and fill

bargain

beat about

beg the question

bicker

boggle

cavil

chaffer

chatter

choplogic

dicker

dodge

dodge

duck

equivocate

equivocate

evade

evade the issue

falsify

fence

fib

hedge

hem and haw

higgle

huckster

hum and haw

lie

mince the truth

mince words

mystify

nitpick

obscure

parry

pick nits

prevaricate

prevaricate

pussyfoot

quibble

shift

shift

shuffle

shy

sidestep

split hairs

tergiversate

trifle

waffle

waste

hypernyms

misinform

mislead

verb-forms

paltered

paltering

palters