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sleight of hand
sleight of handn. pl. sleights of hand 1. a. The performance of or skill in performing juggling or magic tricks so quickly and deftly that the manner of execution cannot be observed; legerdemain.b. A trick or set of tricks performed in this way.2. a. Deception or trickery: made the program appear affordable by statistical sleight of hand.b. A deceptive or misleading act.sleight of hand n 1. (Theatre) manual dexterity used in performing conjuring tricks 2. (Theatre) the performance of such tricks sleight′ of hand′
n. 1. skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, esp. for entertainment or deception; legerdemain. 2. the performance of such feats. 3. any such feat; a magic or conjuring trick. 4. skill in deception. [1350–1400] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sleight of hand - manual dexterity in the execution of tricksprestidigitationconjuring trick, legerdemain, magic trick, thaumaturgy, magic, deception, conjuration, illusion, trick - an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers |
sleight of handnoun trickery, fraud, deception, cunning, deceit, treachery, guile, duplicity, legerdemain, dissimulation, craftiness, fraudulence, deceitfulness, deceptiveness financial sleight of handsleight of handnounThe use of skillful tricks and deceptions to produce entertainingly baffling effects:conjuration, legerdemain, magic, prestidigitation.Translationssleight of hand
sleight of handTrickery or deception. The phrase often but does not always refer to actual hand movements. The magician's sleight of hand awed the crowd as he made yet another coin disappear. With a little sleight of hand we can replace your name on the list with someone else's, don't worry.See also: hand, ofsleight of handTrickery, deviousness, as in By some sleight of hand they managed to overlook all bonuses. This term alludes to the performance of magic tricks with the hands. Its figurative use dates from about 1700. See also: hand, ofsleight of hand the display of skilful, especially deceptive, dexterity or cunning. Literally, the expression means ‘manual dexterity in performing a conjuring trick’.See also: hand, ofˌsleight of ˈhand
1 something done with very quick and skilful movements of the hand(s) so that other people cannot see what really happened: The trick is done simply by sleight of hand.
2 skilful use of facts or figures to give people the wrong impression of something or to make them believe something which is not true: We now realize that much of Burt’s research was presented with a statistical sleight of hand.See also: hand, ofsleight of hand
sleight of hand1. manual dexterity used in performing conjuring tricks 2. the performance of such tricks sleight of hand
Synonyms for sleight of handnoun trickerySynonyms- trickery
- fraud
- deception
- cunning
- deceit
- treachery
- guile
- duplicity
- legerdemain
- dissimulation
- craftiness
- fraudulence
- deceitfulness
- deceptiveness
Synonyms for sleight of handnoun the use of skillful tricks and deceptions to produce entertainingly baffling effectsSynonyms- conjuration
- legerdemain
- magic
- prestidigitation
Synonyms for sleight of handnoun manual dexterity in the execution of tricksSynonymsRelated Words- conjuring trick
- legerdemain
- magic trick
- thaumaturgy
- magic
- deception
- conjuration
- illusion
- trick
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