Main Entry: ³palm

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1673

1 a : to conceal in or with the hand <palm a card> b : to take or pick up stealthily c : to hand stealthily <palmed him a dollar bill>
2 : to impose by fraud <a second imposter to be palmed upon you — Sir Walter Scott>
3 : to touch with the palm: as a : to stroke with the palm or hand b : to allow (a basketball) to come to rest momentarily in the hand while dribbling thus committing a violation