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