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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pahmd
Phonetic Transcription : pɑmd



Definition of palmed

Origin :
  • "flat of the hand," c.1300, from Old French palme (Modern French paume), from Latin palma "palm of the hand," also "flat end of an oar; palm tree," from PIE *pel- "to spread out; flat" (cf. Greek palame "open hand," Old Irish lam, Welsh llaw, Old English folm, Old High German folma "hand," Sanskrit panih "hand, hoof"). Palm oil is earlier in the punning sense of "bribe" (1620s) than in the literal sense of "oil from the fruit of the West African palm" (1705, from palm (n.2)).
  • As in pass off : verb give because one does not want it
  • As in pilfer : verb steal, embezzle
  • As in secrete : verb hide
  • As in touch : verb make physical contact
  • As in palpate : verb touch
  • As in feel : verb touch, stroke
  • As in hold : verb have in one's hands, possession; grasp
Example sentences :
  • How maddening if, seeing that I was an unprotected man, they palmed off Jaeger on me!
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • They have palmed the character upon him, they have burned him in the hand.
  • Extract from : « The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew » by Unknown
  • But in reality he had palmed it quite neatly, and a little later he pocketed it.
  • Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • One of 'em's the rooster as palmed off that rotten saddle on you.
  • Extract from : « Kiddie the Scout » by Robert Leighton
  • Professor Dwight said: "This is what is palmed off on us for science!"
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
  • Starr exhibited figures which he had jotted on a bit of paper that he had palmed.
  • Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
  • Not pastes only but clear crystals have long been palmed off on the unwary for diamonds.
  • Extract from : « Jewellery » by H. Clifford Smith,
  • Guesses should not be palmed off on them as demonstrated facts.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • No doubt these forgeries are now palmed off as the great man's book-plate.
  • Extract from : « Book-Plates » by William J. Hardy
  • It is the brass of ignorance which has been palmed off upon us for the gold of truth.
  • Extract from : « Handbook of Freethought » by Various

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