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[syn: prestidigitation, sleight of hand]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that
the manner of performance escapes observation.
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The world hath many subtle sleights. --Latimer.
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3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. --Chaucer. "The
juggler's sleight." --Hudibras.
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Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sleight of hand
n 1: manual dexterity in the execution of tricks [syn:
prestidigitation, sleight of hand]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "sleight of hand":
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, 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, 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