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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. manual dexterity in the execution of tricks;
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. [1913 Webster] The world hath many subtle sleights. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] 3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. --Chaucer. "The juggler's sleight." --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation. [1913 Webster]
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