Juggle
['dʒʌg(ə)l] or ['dʒʌɡl]
Definition
(noun.) throwing and catching several objects simultaneously.
(noun.) the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression.
(verb.) hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; 'the player juggled the ball'.
(verb.) throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously.
(verb.) deal with simultaneously; 'She had to juggle her job and her children'.
(verb.) manipulate by or as if by moving around components; 'juggle an account so as to hide a deficit'.
(verb.) influence by slyness.
Editor: Sidney--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.
(v. i.) To practice artifice or imposture.
(v. t.) To deceive by trick or artifice.
(n.) A trick by sleight of hand.
(n.) An imposture; a deception.
(n.) A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split.
Edited by Henry
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Conjure, play tricks, practise jugglery, practise magic or sorcery.
n. Trick, imposture, imposition, deception, cheat, fraud.
Typed by Allan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conjure, cheat, bamboozle, shuffle, trick, beguile, circumvent, swindle,overreach, mystify, mislead
ANT:Expose, correct, enlighten, guide, lead, undeceive, disillusionize, detect
Edited by Elise
Definition
v.i. to joke or jest: to amuse by sleight-of-hand: to conjure: to practise artifice or imposture.—n. a trick by sleight-of-hand: an imposture.—ns. Jugg′ler one who performs tricks by sleight-of-hand: a trickish fellow; Jugg′lery art or tricks of a juggler: legerdemain: trickery.—adv. Jugg′lingly in a deceptive manner.
Edited by Aaron
Examples
- Almost all states, however, ancient as well as modern, when reduced to this necessity, have, upon some occasions, played this very juggling trick. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The chief Indian laid his hand humbly on his breast, and said a second time that the juggling was over. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Never, says Mr. Murthwaite; but I know what Indian juggling really is. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Thus somehow the bitterness of a parting was juggled away. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typed by Carolyn