palmed
Hid in hand
Palmed is the past tense of palm, meaning to conceal something in the hand.
A magician palms a coin; a card cheat palms an ace.
The word suggests sleight of hand and deception: He palmed the stolen ring before anyone noticed.
To palm off is to pass something inferior as genuine: They palmed off cheap imitations as designer goods.
Skillful manual deception
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
misdirection · vanish · appear · switch · force · hocus-pocus · magician · deception
Dexterous trickery
- hiddenKept out of sight
- secretedHid or produced biologically
- stashedStored in concealment
- pocketedTook and concealed
tucked · slipped · smuggled · concealed · covert · furtive · surreptitious · undetected
Held firmly in hand
squeezed · fingers · thumb · handshake · touch · pressure · tactile · dexterity
sleight-of-hand
Skillful manual deception
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
trickery · misdirection · vanish · appear · switch · force · hocus-pocus · magician · deception · dexterity
sleight
Dexterous trickery
pocketed · tucked · slipped · smuggled · concealed · covert · furtive · surreptitious · undetected · unseen
clutched
Held firmly in hand
cupped · squeezed · fingers · thumb · handshake · touch · pressure · tactile · dexterity · fingertips
dribble
Leak in drops
crossover · layup · one-handed · NBA · court · violation · traveling · showboat
slipped
Lost traction momentarily
tipped · payoff · kickback · under-the-table · transaction · discreet · handshake · exchange · corrupt · backhander
- palm treeTropical plant with fronds
- face palmsGesture of exasperation
- palm frondsFeathery tropical tree leaves
- grease someone's palmPay for corrupt favor
- heart of palmEdible inner stem tissue
- sweaty palmsMoist hands from nerves
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