palm

1 noun (C)

1 the inside surface of your hand between the base of your fingers and your wrist: He held the pebble in the palm of his hand.

2 a palm tree

3 hold/have sb in the palm of your hand to have a strong influence on someone, so that they do what you want them to do: She's got the whole committee in the palm of her hand.

4 read sb's palm to tell someone what is going to happen to them by looking at their hand

—see also: itchy palm itchy (6), cross sb's palm (with silver) cross 1 (17), grease sb's palm grease 2 (2) 2 verb (T) to hide something in the palm of your hand, especially when performing a magic trick or stealing something palm off phrasal verb (transitive palm something/someone off) to persuade someone to accept or buy something, especially by deceiving them: palm sth off on/onto sb: The fruit seller palmed some damaged apples off onto an old lady. | palm sth off as: He tried to palm it off as a real Renoir. | palm sb off with sth: They palmed her off with an obsolete computer.