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sleight
" I can juggle, not well... I can balance a broom on my chin. I can do very simple carny tricks, a little sleight of hand with cards and coins."
Rich Sommer

Meaning of "sleight" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLEIGHT

From Old Norse slægth, from slægrsly.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SLEIGHT

slaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLEIGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sleight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLEIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sleight

Sleight is a surname, and may refer to: ▪ George Sleight, English trawler owner ▪ Karl J. Sleight, attorney...

Definition of sleight in the English dictionary

The definition of sleight in the dictionary is a trick or stratagem. Other definition of sleight is cunning; trickery.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLEIGHT

backlight · cellulite · daylight · delight · flashlight · flight · headlight · highlight · light · limelight · lite · moonlight · plight · polite · satellite · slight · spotlight · starlight · sunlight · twilight

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLEIGHT

sleeveless · sleevelet · sleevelike · sleever · sleeving · sleezy · sleigh · sleigh bed · sleigh bell · sleigh ride · sleigher · sleight of hand · slender · slender-tailed meerkat · slenderise · slenderize · slenderly · slenderness · slenter · slept

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLEIGHT

air freight · air-freight · birth weight · bright · curb weight · eight · featherweight · freight · gross weight · head height · heavyweight · height · lightweight · middleweight · molecular weight · net weight · overweight · underweight · weight · welterweight · x-height

Synonyms and antonyms of sleight in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sleight» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SLEIGHT

Find out the translation of sleight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sleight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sleight» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

花招
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

prestidigitación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

sleight
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सफ़ाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خفة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ловкость
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

prestidigitação
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভোজবাজি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

prestidigitation
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Sleight
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Taschenspielertrick
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

手練
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

속임수
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sleight
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trò ảo thuật
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சாதுரியம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्वच्छता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

hokkabazlık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

abilità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

sztuczki
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

спритність
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

prestidigitație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τέχνασμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedrieëry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fingerfärdighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sleight
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sleight

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLEIGHT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of sleight
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sleight

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «SLEIGHT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sleight.
1
Steve Buscemi
Growing up, yeah, I had a magic kit with learn tricks and learn card tricks, but I was never... I used to watch whatever magic special was on as a kid, but then, it's not that I lost interest, but to be a magician, you really, it's really hard work. Learning lines is hard enough; learning sleight of hand, that's real practice.
2
Ricky Jay
Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often, the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.
3
Jon Landau
Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness.
4
Rich Sommer
I can juggle, not well... I can balance a broom on my chin. I can do very simple carny tricks, a little sleight of hand with cards and coins.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLEIGHT»

Discover the use of sleight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sleight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sleight
"Glass Bead Game" meets "Black Swan."
Kirsten Kaschock, 2011
2
Home Book of Smoke Cooking: Meat, Fish and Game
Discusses smokers you can build or purchase and gives tips on how to run them for optimum results.
Jack Sleight, Raymond Hull, 1982
3
Sleight of Hand
Covers every significant aspect — from palming to clairvoyance, vanishing and producing an object, using essential apparatus, etc.
Edwin Sachs, 2012
4
Sleight of Hand: A Novel of Suspense
Tenacious investigator Dana Cutler must take down a charismatic and diabolical lawyer before he can pull off the perfect crime in this powerhouse thriller from New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin.
Phillip Margolin, 2013
5
Sleight of Hand: Las Vegas
Join Ed Deline, president of operations for the Montecito Resort & Casino, and his protégé, Danny McCoy, a former U.S. Marine and Las Vegas native, as they deal with card-counting cheaters, costly streaks of random luck, and rival casinos ...
Jeff Mariotte, 2007
6
Sleight of Hand
What if the man of your dreams is also the one of your nightmares?
Katrina Strauss, 2008
7
Simple Sleight-of-hand: Card and Coin Tricks for the ...
Presents step-by-step instructions for thirteen card and coin tricks.
Paul Zenon, 2007
8
Geodemographics, GIS and Neighbourhood Targeting
Authored by leading marketing professionals and a prominent academic, this book presents methods, theory and classification techniques in a reader-friendly manner Supported by private and public sector case studies and vignettes The applied ...
Richard Harris, Peter Sleight, Richard Webber, 2005
9
Sleight of Paw: A Magical Cats Mystery
Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson never wanted to be the crazy cat lady.
Sofie Kelly, 2011
10
A Jewish Love Story
A ?chance meeting? had brought them together amidst the ?80s fast lane of drugs and rock ?n? roll.They were from two very different worlds?a charming, gregarious, Jewish career girl and a self-centered, new age gentile looking for just ...
Andrew Sleight, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLEIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sleight is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Christie's sleight of hand on pension payments | Opinion
By Edward Buttimore. According to the Office of Legislative Services, beginning in July 2013 the Christie administration diverted the increased public employee ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
Dulé Hill & Jacob Latimore Appear To Topline 'Sleight'
EXCLUSIVE: Dulé Hill, Jacob Latimore, rapper Tyga and Storm Reid have been cast in Sleight, a thriller pic from Diablo Entertainment. The film will mark the ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
3
This Teenager Has Some Seriously Impressive Sleight-Of-Hand Skills
Watch your pockets, folks. Moritz Mueller's sleight-of-hand skills are so good, he could probably walk off with Rudolph's red nose before Santa could even check ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
4
Government's new emission target uses sleight of hand to impress
By this accounting sleight of hand the government has already managed to gain a 9% lift in emissions against which to make any emission reduction target ... «Business Spectator, Jun 15»
5
Magician shows off astounding sleight of hand
Magician shows off astounding sleight of hand. How did he do that?! Magician Andrew Kelly's 'simple' four-card trick video leaves viewers baffled and amazed ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
6
Want to relax? Listen to Verdi, scientists say
“Music is already being used commercially as a calming therapy but this has happened independent of controlled studies into is effectiveness,” Professor Sleight ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
7
Japan accused of 'sleight of hand' in climate targets
But observers accused the world's fifth largest emitter of “sleight of hand” in choosing the baseline year to make weak plans look better. Japan is using the ... «RTCC, May 15»
8
Government sleight of hand sours local budget positives
SOURING SLEIGHT OF HAND: Treasurer Dave Tollner and Member for Katherine Willem Westra van Holthe outline what the 2015-16 budget means for ... «Katherine Times, Apr 15»
9
Los Angeles could be pulling a little sales tax sleight of hand
Elected officials typically don't have much in common with Harry Houdini unless they end up in handcuffs, but in Los Angeles County they're about to conjure up ... «LA Daily News, Apr 15»
10
Joe Oliver's promises-kept budget. Ignore the sleight of hand
If there's one theme coming out of Tuesday's federal budget it's this — the Conservatives are more interested in telling Canadians what they've already done for ... «CBC.ca, Apr 15»
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