palm

Related to palm: palm oil, palm reading, Palm Sunday

palm (something)

1. To conceal something in the palm of one's hand, as when stealing. When we were kids, we used to palm penny candies from the corner store all the time.
2. To receive something discreetly or in secret. It turns out that the governor had been palming percentages of profits from companies she'd given preference to. We're supposed to pool our tips and divide them at the end of the night, but it turns out that Daniel had been palming his the whole time.
3. To grasp a ball, typically a basketball, with one hand by extending the fingers around its surface. His hands were so big that he palmed the basketball like it was a baseball.
See also: palm
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

palm

tv. to conceal something in the hand as in a theft or the performance of a magic trick; to receive and conceal a tip or a bribe. The kid palmed the candy bar and walked right out of the store.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • an itching palm
  • an itchy palm
  • bear the palm
  • cross (one's) palm
  • cross (one's) palm with silver
  • cross palm
  • cross palm with silver
  • cross someone's palm with silver
  • flesh-presser
  • grease (one's) palm
  • grease palm
  • grease somebody's palm
  • grease someone’s palm
  • grease someone's palm
  • grease someone's palm/fist, to
  • grease the palm
  • grease the palm of (someone)
  • have (someone) eating out of the palm of (one's) hand
  • have (someone) in the palm of (one's) hand
  • have somebody in the palm of your hand
  • have someone eating out of your hand
  • have someone in the palm of your hand
  • hold (someone) in the palm of (one's) hand
  • in the palm of (one's) hand
  • in the palm of your hand
  • itchy palm
  • itchy palm, to have an
  • know (something) like the palm of (one's) hand
  • know like the palm of hand
  • oil (one's) hand
  • oil (one's) palm
  • palm
  • palm (something)
  • palm (something) off (on one) (as something else)
  • palm off
  • palm off, to
  • palm oil
  • palm presser
  • palm someone/something off
  • palm someone/something off on someone
  • palm something off
  • palm something off on someone
  • palm-greasing
  • palm-oil
  • palm-presser
References in periodicals archive
He said that the objective of the programme, which prompted the interest of the state government, was to increase domestic production of oil palm through efforts of individuals, communities and investors.
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Palm Sugar: A Healthier Sweet
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Ceca deal with India safeguards Malaysian palm oil industry's interest, says expert
Many tourists take their time to taste the palm sugar and fresh palm juice as they are interested in palm sugar products made in a traditional way,' he tells The Post, standing topless stirring his bubbling palm juice.
Khmer traditional sugar palm makers continue the tradition
With fewer markets to penetrate, Pinol said 'this development is expected to result in the dumping of palm oil into countries like the Philippines,' where palm oil imports are tariff-free.
As copra prices slide, DA seeks ban on palm oil imports
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2019 National Palm Oil Congress reels off in Butuan City; growers eyeing to plant 1-M hectares of palm trees in Mindanao
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The third, the labor force absorbed by the palm oil industry is growing continuously.
Inclusive Palm Oil Diplomacy Guards Indonesian Palm Oil Interests
The KMP noted that the expansion is part of the National Roadmap on Oil Palm that targets to expand oil palm plantations in the country to 1 million hectares by 2023.
Group chides DAR for seeking expansion of oil palm plantation
The Consul-General and Johari Minal, Consul, Consulate-General of Malaysia later witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for one year supply of palm olein between China Castle Restaurant and Pacific Commodities, the sole supplier of imported Malaysian palm olein in Karachi.
Malaysian Consul General presents certificate of authenticity to Chinese restaurant
Most areas suitable for growing palm oil are key habitats for primates, according to researchers.
Palm oil: A new threat to Africa's monkeys and apes?
Last year, TCL said that it would revive the Palm brand in the smartphone market in 2018.
New Palm Smartphone From TCL Leaked
Malek Helali Doha THE Department of Agricultural Affairs in the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has urged farmers to protect palm trees, the treasured national symbol of Qatar, from hazardous pests such as the red palm weevil.
MME urges farmers to protect palm trees from hazardous pests
Bishop of Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church attends a mass on Sunday to celebrate Palm Sunday, 1 April 2018 -- Egypttoday/Mahmoud elHosry CAIRO -- 1 April 2018: Egypt's Coptic-Christian community celebrates Palm Sunday, symbolized by the palm frond, which commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
Egypt's Coptic-Christian community celebrates Palm Sunday