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palm 1 P0027900 (päm)n.1. a. The inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the base of the fingers.b. The similar part of the forefoot of a quadruped.2. A unit of length equal to either the width or the length of the hand.3. The part of a glove or mitten that covers the palm of the hand.4. Nautical A metal shield worn by sailmakers over the palm of the hand and used to force a needle through heavy canvas.5. Nautical The blade of an oar or paddle.6. The flattened part of the antlers of certain animals, such as the moose.tr.v. palmed, palm·ing, palms 1. a. To hold in the palm of the hand.b. To touch or stroke with the palm of the hand.2. To conceal in the palm of the hand, as in cheating at dice or cards or in a sleight-of-hand trick.3. To pick up furtively.4. Basketball To commit a violation by letting (the ball) rest momentarily in the palm of the hand while dribbling.Phrasal Verb: palm off To dispose of or pass off by deception.Idiom: an itchy palm A strong desire for money, especially bribes.
[Middle English paume, from Old French, from Latin palma, palm tree, palm of the hand; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
palm′ful′ n.
palm 2 P0027900 (päm)n.1. Any of numerous chiefly tropical evergreen trees, shrubs, or woody vines of the family Arecaceae (or Palmae), characteristically having an unbranched trunk with a crown of large pinnate or palmate leaves having conspicuous parallel venation.2. A leaf of a palm tree, regarded as an emblem of victory, success, or joy.3. A small metallic representation of a palm leaf added to a military decoration that has been awarded more than one time.
[Middle English, from Old English and from Old French palme, both from Latin palma, palm of the hand, palm tree (from the shape of the tree's fronds); see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]palm off vb 1. to offer, sell, or spend fraudulently: to palm off a counterfeit coin. 2. to divert in order to be rid of: I palmed the unwelcome visitor off on John. Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | palm off - sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceivefob off, foist offcrime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
palm offverbTo offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item):fob off, foist, pass off, put off.Translations
palm off
palm (something) off (on one) (as something else)To discard something unwanted by giving or selling it to one (under the pretense of it being something else). There are always guys palming off cheap watches as Rolexes in this part of town. She tried to palm the hardest part of the assignment off on me as some kind of special challenge. Don't palm your chores off on me—I have my own to do.See also: off, palm, somethingpalm someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something) and pass someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something); pawn someone or something off (on someone) (as someone or something)Fig. to give someone or something to someone as a gift that appears to be someone or something desirable. (As if the gift had been concealed in one's palm until it was gotten rid of.) Are you trying to palm that annoying client off on me as a hot prospect? Don't palm off that pest on me. Please don't pass that problem off on me as a challenge. Don't pass it off on me! Don't pawn it off on me as something of value.See also: off, palmpalm offPass off by deception, substitute with intent to deceive, as in The salesman tried to palm off a zircon as a diamond, or The producer tried to palm her off as a star from the Metropolitan Opera. This expression alludes to concealing something in the palm of one's hand. It replaced the earlier palm on in the early 1800s. See also: off, palmpalm offv. To get rid of or dispose of something by fraud or deception; fob off: The crooked merchant palmed off a lot of fake diamonds before being caught. Someone tried to palm some old coins off on me yesterday, saying they were rare and valuable.See also: off, palmpalm off, toTo pass off fraudulently. The term comes from the practice of concealing in one’s palm what one pretends to dispose of in some other way. At first (seventeenth century) it was put as to palm on or upon. Charles Lamb, in one of his Elia essays (1822), used the modern version: “Have you not tried to palm off a yesterday’s pun?”See also: palmEncyclopediaSeepalmPalm off
Related to Palm off: pawn offPalm offTo misrepresent inferior goods of one producer as superior goods made by a reputable, well-regarded competitor in order to gain commercial advantage and promote sales. The doctrine of palming off is applied to the particular facts of a case in which the defendant is accused of engaging in Unfair Competition against the plaintiff. palm off
Related to palm off: pawn offSynonyms for palm offverb to offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item)Synonyms- fob off
- foist
- pass off
- put off
Synonyms for palm offverb sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceiveSynonymsRelated Words- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- law-breaking
- offense
- offence
- commerce
- commercialism
- mercantilism
- sell
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