palming
present participle ofpalm
palm
verb[T]
uk/pɑːm/us/pɑːm/to make somethingseemtodisappearbyhidingit in the palm ofyourhandaspartof atrick, or tostealsomething bypickingit up in a way that will not benoticed:
Isuspectedthat he had palmed aplayingcard.
Hiding and disguising
- be holed upidiom
- booby trap
- camo
- camouflage
- camouflaged
- cloak
- drown
- hiding
- hit the deckidiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- secrete
- shroud
- shut
- shutsomeone/somethingout
- sidle
- skulk
- smokescreen
- tuck
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Stealing
Phrasal verbs
palmsomethingoff
palmsomeoneoff withsomething
Examplesofpalming
palming
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We are not shielded - not one of us: and we cannot shield ourselves simply by accusing others andpalmingthe responsibility off on to others.
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Here is a speculative firm, anxious to get anyone to take their wares, and to some extentpalmingthem off on to this man.
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Is it a case ofpalmingof "dud" machines on to these nations?
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Do they realise that it is no goodpalmingus off time after time by saying that they are complementary?
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The £70 million package to get councils to sell off tenancies was a way not of tackling the backlog of housing disrepair but ofpalmingit off on someone else.
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Thispalmingtechnique is easily adaptable to coin magic for the use of a jumbo coin (usually 3 inches in diameter).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some players alternate between fingerstyle and plectrum playing,palmingthe plectrum when it is not in use.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On some reels,palmingis difficult or impossible because the spool is fully skirted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many saltwater species, particularly large, fast and powerful fish, are not easily slowed down bypalmingthe hand on the reel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many of these involve quickpalmingof the billet, substitutions with pre-made billets, and other similar tricks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He asserted that the relaxation could be deepened in most cases bypalming, or covering the closed eyes with the palms of the hands, without putting pressure on the eyeballs.
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- harsh critic
- harsh criticism
- harsh desert
- harsh discipline
- harsh environment
- harsh judgment
- harsh language
- harsh lesson
- harsh light
- harshly
- harsh measure
- harshness
- harsh reality
- harsh treatment
- harsh weather
- harsh winter
- harsh word
- hart
- hartal
- Hartford
- harum-scarum
- harum-scarum
- harvest
- harvested
- harvester