juggle
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impressionSynonyms: jugglingType of rearrangement
- throwing and catching several objects simultaneouslySynonyms: jugglingType of performance
Verb (5)juggled, juggling
- influence by slynessSynonyms: beguilehoodwinkMore general cheat, rip off
- manipulate by or as if by moving around components“juggle an account so as to hide a deficit”More general fudge, manipulate
- deal with simultaneously“She had to juggle her job and her children”More general manage, deal
- throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneouslyMore general throw, loft
- hold with difficulty and balance insecurely“the player juggled the ball”More general poise, balance
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler. See Juggler.
1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure; especially, to maintain several objects in the air at one time by tossing them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand, and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand.
2. To practice artifice or imposture.
Be these juggling fiends no more believed.— William Shakespeare
1. To deceive by trick or artifice.
Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries?— William Shakespeare
2. To maintain (several objects) in continuous motion in the air at one time by tossing them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand, and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand; variations on this basic motion are also used. Also used figuratively: see senses 3 and 4.
3. To alter (financial records) secretly for the purpose of theft or deception; as, to juggle the accounts. colloquial
4. To arrange the performance two tasks or responsibilities at alternate times, so as to be able to do both; as, to juggle the responsibilities of a job and a mother
1. A trick by sleight of hand.
2. An imposture; a deception. Alfred Tennyson
A juggle of state to cozen the people.— John Tilllotson
3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. Knight, Edward Henry
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, GCIDE editors