All prevaricate synonyms

verb prevaricate

• bs — BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
• fudge — a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
• beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
• cribbing — the action of one that cribs
• have it — (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
• misdirect — to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
• bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
• bulling — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
• misreport — to report incorrectly or falsely.
• disinformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disinform.
• jive — swing music or early jazz.
• misguide — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
• beg the question — If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
• blow smoke — (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
• misrepresent — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• waffle — waffling language.
• mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
• disinform — to give or supply disinformation to.
• mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
• doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
• cheese — Cheese is a solid food made from milk. It is usually white or yellow.
• go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
• chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
• overdraw — to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
• cheesed — disgusted; fed up (usually followed by off).
• evade — Escape or avoid, esp. by cleverness or trickery.
• misdirected — Simple past tense and past participle of misdirect.
• filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
• feinted — a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
• cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
• four-flush — to bluff.
• misinform — to give false or misleading information to.
• fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• frame up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
• bulled — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
• overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
• flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
• lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
• invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• falsify — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
• miscolor — to give a wrong color to.
• gloss over — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
• make like — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• jiving — swing music or early jazz.
• altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
• miscolored — to give a wrong color to.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• flipflop — Alternative form of flip-flop.