Antonyms for palming

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pahm

Phonetic Transcription : pɑm

Definition of palming

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 :

Great skill in palming is necessary for their successful use.
Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

Have this in one of your pockets, where it will not get crushed, ready for palming.
Extract from : « More Conjuring » by Hercat

The notion then occurred to Rosenbaum of palming off another skull for Haydn's.
Extract from : « Haydn » by J. Cuthbert Hadden

This seemed to dispose of the theory that he was palming off illegitimate money.
Extract from : « The Triumphs of Eugne Valmont » by Robert Barr

He had 169been palming himself off on the youngsters as an unfortunate, out of work, and they had been helping him.
Extract from : « Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

In charity for the Frenchman's taste, I have sometimes thought the vender of these little barkers was palming a quiz upon me.
Extract from : « Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847 » by Albert James Pickett

Let us hope, that the catastrophe was not due to any unhandsome attempt at palming off cheap work on "the recording angel."
Extract from : « A Decade of Italian Women, vol. I (of 2) » by T. Adolphus Trollope

Of all the fictions which he succeeded in palming off for truths none is more instructive than that admirable ghost, Mrs. Veal.
Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen

Palming sometimes refers to secreting money or rings in the hand.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words » by A London Antiquary

You see at last I'm not a suspicious rascal, however, for I don't suspect you of palming a false grand-daughter upon me.'
Extract from : « The Absentee » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for palming

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