sleight-of-hand

A form of sleight of hand — The required manual dexterity used to perform magic tricks and illusions.

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Meanings

nounsleight-of-hand (countable and uncountable, plural sleights-of-hand)

plural sleights-of-hand

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of sleight of hand.

    Even more difficult is it to catch on the wing the flickering gestures, the amazing sleights-of-hand of our energetic selves.

    1929, June Etta Downey, Creative Imagination, Studies in the Psychology of Literature, page 13
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“sleight-of-hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleight-of-hand. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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