sleight

sleight  (slt)

n.

1. Deftness; dexterity.

2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem.

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[Middle English, alteration of sleahthe, from Old Norse slgdh, from slgr, sly.]

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sleight [slaɪt]

n Archaic

1. skill; dexterity See also sleight of hand

2. a trick or stratagem

3. cunning; trickery

[from Old Norse slægth, from slægr sly]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sleight - adroitness in using the hands         dexterity, manual dexterity adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness, facility - skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"

Translations

sleight [slaɪt] N sleight of hand → prestidigitación f, juegos mpl de manos

sleight [ˈslaɪt] n
sleight of hand (= trick) → tour m de passe-passe

sleight

n sleight of hand → Fingerfertigkeit f; by sleight of hand → durch Taschenspielertricks

sleight [slaɪt] n sleight of hand (trick) → gioco di destrezza (fig) → trucchetto

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sleight [slaɪt] n sleight of hand (trick) → gioco di destrezza (fig) → trucchetto