(music) Clapping of the hands.

Telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand. / (countable) A book on palmistry; a system of palmistry. / (obsolete, rare) A dexterous use or trick of the hand.

(obsolete) Made out of palm leaves or palm sap. / Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees. / Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving.

(countable) An English surname transferred from the nickname. / (countable) A male given name. / A city, the borough seat of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. / A village in Christian County, Illinois.

Any of various fan palms of the family Arecaceae, especially Sabal palmetto or the saw palmetto, Serenoa repens. / A hat made of palmetto leaves. / A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.

The American cockroach (Periplaneta americana).

(ornithology, zoology) Having digits connected by a thin membrane; webbed. / (zoology) Having broad, flattened parts with short extensions similar to a webbed appendage. / (rare) palmate

plural of palmetto bug

(zoology) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.

A fortuneteller who uses palmistry.