'Juggle' definitions:

Definition of 'juggle'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression [syn: juggle, juggling]
noun
Throwing and catching several objects simultaneously [syn: juggle, juggling]
verb
Influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink]
verb
Manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"
verb
Deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children"
verb
Throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously
verb
Hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball"

Definition of 'Juggle'

From: GCIDE
  • Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Juggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Juggling.] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler. See Juggler.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure; especially, to maintian 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 2. To practice artifice or imposture. [1913 Webster]
  • Be these juggling fiends no more believed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Juggle'

From: GCIDE
  • Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. t.
  • 1. To deceive by trick or artifice. [1913 Webster]
  • Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [PJC]
  • 3. To alter (financial records) secretly for the purpose of theft or deception; as, to juggle the accounts. [Colloq.] [PJC]
  • 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 [PJC]

Definition of 'Juggle'

From: GCIDE
  • Juggle \Jug"gle\, n.
  • 1. A trick by sleight of hand. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An imposture; a deception. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • A juggle of state to cozen the people. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

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