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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-sleight of hand.ogg Forms: sleights of hand [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English slegthe of hande, sleght of hond, equivalent to sleight + of + hand. Compare Old French léger de main (cf. the contemporary French léger de main and the contemporary English legerdemain). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slegthe of hande}} Middle English slegthe of hande, {{af|en|sleight|of|hand|nocat=1}} sleight + of + hand, {{noncog|fro|léger de main}} Old French léger de main, {{noncog|fr|léger de main}} French léger de main, {{noncog|en|legerdemain}} English legerdemain Head templates: {{en-noun|~|sleights of hand}} sleight of hand (countable and uncountable, plural sleights of hand)
  1. The required hand dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art Synonyms: legerdemain, prestidigitation
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  2. A performance of such skill. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (performance): աճպարարություն (ačpararutʻyun) (Armenian), joc de mans [masculine] (Catalan), 花招 (faa¹ ziu¹) (Chinese Cantonese), goocheltoer (Dutch), silmänkääntötemppu (Finnish), tour de main [masculine] (French), tour de passe-passe [masculine] (French), Taschenspielertrick [masculine] (German), ταχυδακτυλουργία (tachydaktylourgía) [feminine] (Greek), mutatvány (Hungarian), bűvészmutatvány (Hungarian), praestīgiae [feminine, plural] (Latin), prestidigitação [feminine] (Portuguese), passe-passe [masculine] (Portuguese), escamoteo [masculine] (Spanish), juego de manos [masculine] (Spanish), trick [neuter] (Swedish), knep [neuter] (Swedish) Translations (skill): ὀξυχειρία (oxukheiría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), prestidigitació [feminine] (Catalan), vingervlugheid (Dutch), sorminäppäryys (Finnish), escamotage [masculine] (French), tour de main [masculine] (French), prestidixitación [feminine] (Galician), Fingerfertigkeit [feminine] (German), ταχυδακτυλουργία (tachydaktylourgía) [feminine] (Greek), prestidigitazione [feminine] (Italian), taskenspillerkunst [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), knep [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fingerferdighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تردستی (tardasti) (Persian), prestidigitação [feminine] (Portuguese), passe-passe [masculine] (Portuguese), ilusionismo [masculine] (Portuguese), ло́вкость рук (lóvkostʹ ruk) [feminine] (Russian), opsena [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), escamoteo [masculine] (Spanish), prestidigitación [feminine] (Spanish), fingerfärdighet [common-gender] (Swedish), bilis ng kamay (Tagalog), ہاتھ میں صَفائی (hāth mẽ safāī) (Urdu), troad y llaw [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sleight_of_hand-en-noun-uWtH358T Disambiguation of 'performance': 2 98 0 Disambiguation of 'skill': 3 93 4
  3. (by extension, idiomatic) Any form of skillful deception. Tags: broadly, countable, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (skillful deception): joc de mans (Catalan), joc de vilans (Catalan), silmänkääntötemppu (Finnish), troad y llaw [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sleight_of_hand-en-noun-AP53zGUn Disambiguation of 'skillful deception': 0 17 82

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      "sense": "skill",
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      "sense": "skill",
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      "word": "bilis ng kamay"
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      "roman": "hāth mẽ safāī",
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      "word": "ہاتھ میں صَفائی"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ačpararutʻyun",
      "sense": "performance",
      "word": "աճպարարություն"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
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      "sense": "performance",
      "word": "花招"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "performance",
      "word": "goocheltoer"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "performance",
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      "word": "tour de passe-passe"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "performance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Taschenspielertrick"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "tachydaktylourgía",
      "sense": "performance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ταχυδακτυλουργία"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "performance",
      "word": "mutatvány"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "performance",
      "word": "bűvészmutatvány"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "performance",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "skillful deception",
      "word": "silmänkääntötemppu"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "skillful deception",
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    "Pocket (service)",
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