sleight of hand

Noun

Meaning

manual dexterity in the execution of tricks

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

sleight-of-hand

Synonyms

prestidigitation legerdemain wile hocus-pocus magic skill craft trick fraud illusion deception stunt cheating intrigue deceit
Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

magic trick illusion deception magic trick thaumaturgy

Examples

Alas, there I was in a real panic over my sleight of hand. Source: Internet

He was proficient in sleight of hand, and he taught Jean how to juggle to coordinate his eye and hand. Source: Internet

For Gantz to then defy the will of half the nation in some legislative sleight of hand during a caretaker Knesset in order to remove the people’s choice is a power grab unprecedented in Israel’s history. Source: Internet

“As lithe and cunning as its characters, Michael Kardos’s is a masterly exercise in narrative sleight of hand. Source: Internet

“If I do a little sleight of hand such that the coin that was in my hand is now not in my hand, when I open it, and you didn’t catch it, you think—‘Oh wow, okay, that was a surprise,’” Levine explained. Source: Internet

Occasionally, as in “,” a slender 1990 novel about a writer named Philip who is writing about a writer having an affair with one of his made-up characters, this sleight of hand feels stuntlike and a little dizzying. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sleighing sleighlike sleight sleight-of-hand performer sleightful sleightly