palm print

noun

variants or less commonly palmprint

ˈpäm-ˌprint 

ˈpälm-, 

ˈpȯm-, 

ˈpȯlm-

plural palm prints also palmprints

: a print of the palm of a hand : an impression of the lines and wrinkles of the palm of a hand on a surface

And one hard clue turned up: police say Steven Benson's palm print was found on a receipt for pipe like that used in the bombing.

—Newsweek

… the texturing is the palm print of the artist's hand.

—Anne Stevens

Although Oswald's right palmprint was found on the rifle's stock, someone could have left the rifle there to implicate him.

—David Fisher

also : an ink impression or digital image of such a print taken or made for the purpose of identification

"I'll be right over," his lawyer Watson Bryant told him. "They want your hair, they want your palm prints …"

—Marie Brenner

Examples of palm print in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Beyond her personal belongings and the palm print, authorities found no other substantial clues at the scene of Huisentruit's disappearance. — Yasmeen Hamadeh, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026

Police found shoe prints and nearly a dozen partial palm prints. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026

Detectives from the Blue Springs special victims unit collected evidence at the home, including the pillow, the clothes the girl was wearing, and a palm print, fingerprints and DNA off the sliding glass door. — Robert A. Cronkleton march 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026

Investigators also found palm prints on the hood of Duckett’s patrol car that matched Teresa, which prosecutors claimed was from her being raped while on the car and trying to push away. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026

Nearly every inch of the wall is stamped with finger and palm prints. — Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 5 Mar. 2026

He is then fingerprinted and gives palm prints before being sent to prison. — Joan Murray, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

During the hearings this week, police investigators involved in the case testified that authorities found Nanita’s palm print on the storage bin. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026

Investigators also determined his DNA matched the sample collected from underneath Plasse's fingernails, and his palm print matched the one authorities found on the scene. — Mason Leath, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for palm print

• blueprint
• footprint
• imprint
• misprint
• newsprint
• nonprint
• preprint
• reprint
• clint
• dint
• glint
• hint