'Sleight of hand' definitions:
Definition of 'sleight of hand'
From: WordNet
noun
Manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn: prestidigitation, sleight of hand]
Definition of 'Sleight of hand'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. [1913 Webster]
- The world hath many subtle sleights. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. --Chaucer. "The juggler's sleight." --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sleight of hand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Prospero,
- 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