sleight+of+hand

  • 11Sleight of hand —   Sleight of hand is the ability to use your hands in a clever way, like a magician performing tricks you can t see …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 12sleight of hand — n. 1. skill with the hands, esp. in confusing or deceiving onlookers, as in doing magic tricks; legerdemain 2. a trick or tricks thus performed …

    English World dictionary

  • 13sleight of hand — [[t]sla͟ɪt əv hæ̱nd[/t]] sleights of hand N VAR Sleight of hand is the deceiving of someone in a skilful way. He accused Mr MacGregor of sleight of hand . ...a financial sleight of hand …

    English dictionary

  • 14sleight of hand — 1. ways of deceiving people which you need skill to do. Some mathematical sleight of hand was required to make the figures add up. 2. quick, clever movements of your hands, especially when performing magic tricks. With impressive sleight of hand… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 15sleight of hand — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

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  • 16sleight of hand — UK [ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd] / US noun [singular/uncountable] a) clever and quick use of your hands, especially when performing a magic trick b) clever and slightly dishonest behaviour used for achieving something political sleight of hand …

    English dictionary

  • 17sleight-of-hand / slight-of-hand —    Sleight of hand refers to dexterity and trickery with the hands: The magician s sleight of hand fooled the audience.    This phrase is often confused with slight of hand, an adjective phrase meaning having small slender hands …

    Confused words

  • 18sleight-of-hand / slight-of-hand —    Sleight of hand refers to dexterity and trickery with the hands: The magician s sleight of hand fooled the audience.    This phrase is often confused with slight of hand, an adjective phrase meaning having small slender hands …

    Confused words

  • 19Sleight of Hand (Prison Break episode) — Infobox Television episode Title = Sleight of Hand Series = Prison Break Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 10 Airdate = November 7, 2005 Production = 1AKJ09 Writer = Nick Santora Director = Dwight H. Little Season list = Infobox Prison Break season… …

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  • 20sleight of hand —    not slight. Sleight, meaning dexterity or de ceptiveness, comes from the Old Norse sloedgh, and slight, meaning slender or frail, comes from the Old Norse slettr, but they have nothing else in common except their pronunciations …

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