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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Sleight \Sleight\, n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel.
sl?g? (for sl?g?) slyness, cunning, fr. sl?gr (for sl?gr)
sly, cunning. See Sly.]
1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] ``His sleight and
his covin.'' --Chaucer.
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2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that
the manner of performance escapes observation.
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The world hath many subtle sleights. --Latimer.
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3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. --Chaucer. ``The
juggler's sleight.'' --Hudibras.
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Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sleight \Sleight\, n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel.
sl?g? (for sl?g?) slyness, cunning, fr. sl?gr (for sl?gr)
sly, cunning. See Sly.]
1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] ``His sleight and
his covin.'' --Chaucer.
2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that
the manner of performance escapes observation.
The world hath many subtle sleights. --Latimer.
3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. --Chaucer. ``The
juggler's sleight.'' --Hudibras.
Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
sleight of hand
n : manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn: prestidigitation]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sleight of hand
n.
1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
2 A performance of such skill.
3 (lb en by extension idiom) Any form of skillful deception.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
sleight of hand
n.
1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
2 A performance of such skill.
3 (lb en by extension idiom) Any form of skillful deception.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
sleight of hand
n.
1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
2 A performance of such skill.
3 (lb en by extension idiom) Any form of skillful deception.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
sleight of hand
n.
1 The required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.
2 A performance of such skill.
3 (lb en by extension idiom) Any form of skillful deception.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sleight of hand
Englanti n.
silmänkääntötemppu
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
Kunststück , Zauberkunststück , Trick
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
Taschenspielerei
Synonym: legerdemain
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
Volte
Note: Kartenspiel
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
ταχυδακτυλουργία, ταχυδαχτυλουργία
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
1. silmänkääntötemppu
performance
2. sorminäppäryys
skill
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
bûvészmutatvány
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
sleight of hand /ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd/
żonglerka
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
sleight of hand /slˈaɪt ɒv hˈand/
1. knep, trick
performance
2. fingerfärdighet
skill
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "sleight of hand":
Prospero, airiness, appearance, artful dodge, artifice,
bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, catch, chicanery, chouse,
conjuration, curve, curve-ball, delusiveness, design, device,
dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, escamotage, fallaciousness,
false appearance, false light, false show, falseness, fast deal,
feint, fetch, ficelle, gambit, gimmick, googly, hanky-panky,
hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey, idealization, illusionism, illusionist,
illusiveness, immateriality, jiggery-pokery, joker, juggle,
jugglery, juggling, legerdemain, magic, magic act, magic show,
magician, monkey business, mumbo jumbo, pass, ploy,
prestidigitation, ruse, scheme, scurvy trick, seeming, semblance,
shift, show, simulacrum, sleight, sleight-of-hand trick, sorcerer,
sorcery, specious appearance, stratagem, subterfuge, trick,
trickery, unactuality, unreality, unsubstantiality, wile
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