equivocate

equivocate

verb

Definition of EQUIVOCATE

to avoid giving a definite answer or position <the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues>

Synonyms fudge, hedge, pussyfoot, tergiversate, waffle, weasel

Related Words flip-flop, yo-yo; dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shake, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt; bypass, circumvent; cavil, quibble; straddle

Phrases beat around (or about) the bush, hem and haw, straddle the fence