JUGGLE


Meaning of JUGGLE in English

— jugglingly , adv.

/jug"euhl/ , v. , juggled, juggling , n.

v.t.

1. to keep (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.

2. to hold, catch, carry, or balance precariously; almost drop and then catch hold again: The center fielder juggled the ball but finally made the catch.

3. to alter or manipulate in order to deceive, as by subterfuge or trickery: to juggle the business accounts; to juggle the facts.

4. to manage or alternate the requirements of (two or more tasks, responsibilities, activities, etc.) so as to handle each adequately: to juggle the obligations of job and school.

v.i.

5. to perform feats of manual or bodily dexterity, as tossing up and keeping in continuous motion a number of balls, plates, knives, etc.

6. to use artifice or trickery.

n.

7. the act or fact of juggling.

[ 1350-1400; ME jog ( e ) len jogler to serve as buffoon or jester joculare to joke (r. L joculari ), equiv. to L jocul ( us ) ( joc ( us ) JOKE + -ulus -ULE) + -are inf. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .