noun · countable / uncountable · rare

sleight

sleight · sleights

ловкость, подвижность, сноровка

Täuschung, List, Trick, Raffinesse

Cunning; craft; artful practiceCunning; craft; artful practice.

/slaɪt/

» Dennis was known for chicanery and sleight-of-hand.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)Cunning; craft; artful practice.
List, Gerissenheit, Raffinement
(countable)An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
Trick, Täuschung, Taschenspielertrick
(countable, uncountable)Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
Geschicklichkeit, Geschick, Fingerfertigkeit

More definitions

adroitness in using the hands

Examples

8 sentences

Dennis was known for chicanery and sleight-of-hand.
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Using sleight of hand, he pulled a rabbit out of his hat.
ruИспользуя ловкость рук, он достал из шляпы кролика.
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He's good at sleight of hand. I didn't notice the coin had disappeared.
deEr ist ganz schön fingerfertig. Ich bemerkte gar nicht, daß die Münze verschwunden war.
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He tried to conceal his ineptitude in a not-so-deft sleight of hand.
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It's a sleight of hand.
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Translations

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Deutsch

By meaning 3

cunning; craft; artful practice:

an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat:

dexterous practice; dexterity; skill:

Origin

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Pro

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.

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