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palm 1 of 2

noun

ˈpäm How to pronounce palm (audio)
Definition of palmnext
as in victory
an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent the judges' decision was unanimous: the palm would go to the pianist who had played an early piece by Chopin

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palm

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verb

as in to wish
to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers

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Recent Examples of palm
Noun
As has the part where Reacher uses his left paw with two nails protruding from the palm as a makeshift Wolverine/Freddy Krueger stabbin’ hand. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026 Pothos and palm plants sat atop half walls decorated with a maximalist floral wallpaper. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
The left hand pointing down, palm out, displays the varadamudra (giving gesture, a kind of mudra). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026 Of the billionaires who line up on the Messeplatz for the First Choice VIP opening at Art Basel, few would be out of place palming handshakes and quaffing Champagne at the Steigenberger Icon Grandhotel Belvédère. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for palm
Recent Examples of Synonyms for palm
  1. victory
  2. wish
  3. win
  4. inflict
  5. pass off
  6. impose
  7. palm off
Noun
  • And Oscar, stunned at his victory, promises to use his winnings to take the whole cast and crew to dinner.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Following the AfD’s election victory in Saxony-Anhalt, the party’s co-leader, Alice Weidel, declared there would be national elections in Germany before the end of the year.
    — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of victory
Verb
  • Far-right Communications Minister Shomo Karhi recently said in a radio interview that Israelis abroad who wish to influence the country’s future should immigrate.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Inter ended its statement by describing how Mazzola wished to be remembered.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of wish
Noun
  • This coming from a team that was projected, at best, 67 wins and another last-place finish during the preseason, per FanGraphs.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Although Amazon earned 17 statuettes across its Prime Video and MGM Studios subdivisions, most of those wins were in craft categories and didn’t air on last night’s Primetime Emmys broadcast.
    — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of win
Verb
  • Hicks, 37, was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony assault by strangulation and misdemeanor simple assault, officials said.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Within its first 10 minutes, hitmen conduct a massacre at a nine-year-old’s birthday party, which Snyder, who acts as his own cinematographer, depicts as a series of carbon-copy graphic headshots, largely inflicted against small children.
    — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of inflict
Verb
  • Up to now, those accused of passing off a computer’s writing as their own have tended to either apologize or deny it.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In academia, there is no greater sin than passing off another’s work as one’s own.
    — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of pass off
Verb
  • Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade international sanctions imposed after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The legislation allows for the president to impose tariffs, but limits the scope of those tariffs to the five largest importers of Russian crude oil or gas and the top five countries that aid Russia's energy sanctions evasion.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of impose
Verb
  • France took the lead with a solo try from Ntamack, who ran down the short side from about 22-meters out, dummied, palmed off a defender and crashed over in a tackle in the 52nd, and conversion from skipper Maxime Lucu.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • Lift your right palm off the ground and cross your torso to tap your left shoulder, then return your right hand to the ground.
    — Jenessa Connor, Health, 28 May 2026
Definition of palm off

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“Palm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palm. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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