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sleight

  (slīt) pronunciation
n.
  1. Deftness; dexterity.
  2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem.

[Middle English, alteration of sleahthe, from Old Norse slœgdh, from slœgr, sly.]


 
 
Thesaurus: sleight

noun

  1. Skillfulness in the use of the hands or body: adroitness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, prowess, skill. See ability/inability.
  2. An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. Informal shenanigan, take-in. See honest/dishonest, means.

 
WordNet: sleight
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: adroitness in using the hands
  Synonyms: dexterity, manual dexterity


 
Translations: Translations for: Sleight

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kneb, behændighed, færdighed, trick

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    kunstgreb, taskenspillerkunst

Nederlands (Dutch)
handigheid, slimmigheid, goocheltruc

Français (French)
n. - dextérité, stratagème

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    dextérité, agilité, tour de passe-passe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fertigkeit

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    Fingerfertigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πονηρό ή επιδέξιο τέχνασμα, κόλπο, επιδεξιότητα, πονηριά

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    ταχυδακτυλουργία

Italiano (Italian)
destrezza

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    gioco di prestigio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - destreza (f), estratagema (m), artifício (m), truque (m)

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    truque de mão

Русский (Russian)
ловкость, хитрость

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    ловкость рук

Español (Spanish)
n. - astucia, habilidad, destreza

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    juego de manos, prestidigitación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - händighet, skicklighet, slughet

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
灵巧, 熟练, 巧计, 手法, 巧妙

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    花招, 手段, 手法敏捷

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 靈巧, 熟練, 巧計, 手法, 巧妙

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    花招, 手段, 手法敏捷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 능숙한 솜씨, 날쌘 재주, 술책

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手練, 巧妙, 策略, 悪知恵

idioms:

  • sleight of hand    手先の早業, 手品, 術策

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكر, حيله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מיומנות, תחבולה‬


 
 

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