Juggle

English

Verb

Juggle (third-person singular simple present Juggles, present participle juggling, simple past and past participle juggled)

1. To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.

   She can juggle flaming torches.

2. To handle or manage many tasks at once.

   He juggled home, school, and work for two years.

Noun

Juggle (plural Juggles)

1. (juggling) To throw and catch each prop at least twice, as a opposed to a flash.

Adverbs for Juggle

dexterously; skillfully; marvelously; professionally; verbally; grotesquely; spectacularly.

Thesaurus

adulterate, alter, arrange, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, cook, delude, diddle, distort, doctor, double-cross, dupe, fake, falsify, fix, forestall, gammon, get around, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, let down, load, manipulate, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, mock, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pack, pigeon, plant, play one false, put something over, retouch, rig, salt, snow, sophisticate, stack, string along, take in, tamper with, trick, two-time

Etymology

Old French jangler, jogler, from Latin iocor (“I jest, I make a joke”)

Pronunciation

Animation of juggling.

• IPA: /ˈdʒʌɡəl/

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  Rhymes: -ʌɡəl

Translations

Verb

manipulate objects artistically

Czech: žonglovat (cs) Dutch: jongeleren (nl) Finnish: jongleerata (fi) French: jongler (fr) German: jonglieren (de) Italian: giocolare (it)

Macedonian: жонглирам (mk) Norwegian: sjonglere (no) Portuguese: fazer malabarismo com Spanish: hacer malabarismos (es), malabarear (es), hacer juegos malabares (es) Swedish: jonglera (sv)

to handle or manage many tasks at once

French: jongler (fr) German: jonglieren (de)

Norwegian: sjonglere (no)