sleight
pronunciation
How to pronounce sleight in British English:
UK [slaɪt]
How to pronounce sleight in American English:
US [slaɪt]
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- Noun:
- adroitness in using the hands
Word Origin
- sleight (n.)
- "cunning," early 14c. alteration of sleahthe (c. 1200), from Old Norse sloegð "cleverness, cunning, slyness," from sloegr (see sly). Meaning "skill, cleverness, dexterity" is from late 14c. Meaning "feat or trick requiring quickness and nimbleness of the hands" is from 1590s. Term sleight of hand is attested from c. 1400.
Example
- 1. Mr straw , your claims are a sleight of hand .
- 2. It 's part of my sexual sleight of hand .
- 3. Make a coin disappear by sleight of hand .
- 4. This narrative sleight of hand allows for the entry into the story of andy larkham , the accidental heir .
- 5. He was once considered a political magician , with a sleight of hand that distracted from his country 's problems .