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

Amazon will not store or access any of patients’ health data or personal information beyond their palm prints, NYU Langone said. —Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025

Investigators also found an unknown palm print on the door of the wine cellar where JonBenét was found. —Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

Jarred Patterson: The palm print belonged to Zach Abell. —Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2024

Like the shower curtain rod investigators recovered that had palm print impressions in Aileen's blood. —Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2024

But New Haven detectives who investigated the assault said his palm print was found on one of the envelopes that held the victim’s cash. —Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2024

The Crime Scene Unit processed the work truck at the scene and found a palm print, then used law enforcement databases to identify the person who left the palmprint. —Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024

The suspect, caught on camera, appears to have left his fingerprint and palm prints behind on the glass, Downey said. —Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 4 May 2024

Officials said Bryant's palm prints were lifted from Coleman's vehicle. —Jade Thomas, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Apr. 2024

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