juggle

jug·gle  (jgl)

v. jug·gled, jug·gling, jug·gles

v.tr.

1. To keep (two or more objects) in the air at one time by alternately tossing and catching them.

2. To have difficulty holding; balance insecurely: juggled the ball but finally caught it; shook hands while juggling a cookie and a teacup.

3. To keep (more than two activities, for example) in motion or progress at one time: managed to juggle a full-time job and homemaking.

4. To manipulate in order to deceive: juggle figures in a ledger.

v.intr.

1. To juggle objects or perform other tricks of manual dexterity.

2. To make rapid motions or manipulations: juggled with the controls on the television to improve the picture.

3. To use trickery; practice deception.

n.

1. The act of juggling.

2. Trickery for a dishonest end.

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[Middle English jogelen, to entertain by performing tricks, from Old French jogler, from Latin ioculr, to jest, from ioculus, diminutive of iocus, joke; see yek- in Indo-European roots.]

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juggle [ˈdʒʌg^əl]

vb

1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) to throw and catch (several objects) continuously so that most are in the air all the time, as an entertainment

2. to arrange or manipulate (facts, figures, etc.) so as to give a false or misleading picture

3. (tr) to keep (several activities) in progress, esp with difficulty

n

(Performing Arts / Theatre) an act of juggling

[from Old French jogler to perform as a jester, from Latin joculārī to jest, from jocus a jest]

jugglery  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	juggle - the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression juggling rearrangement - changing an arrangement
	2.	juggle - throwing and catching several objects simultaneously juggling performance - the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto"
Verb	1.	juggle - influence by slyness beguile, hoodwink cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit" fudge, fake, falsify, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
	3.	juggle - deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children" handle, manage, care, deal - be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
	4.	juggle - throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	5.	juggle - hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball" balance, poise - hold or carry in equilibrium

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juggle

verb manipulate, change, doctor (informal), fix (informal), alter, modify, disguise, manoeuvre, tamper with, misrepresent, falsify the expedient juggling of figures for short-term year-end purposes

Translations

juggle [ˈdʒʌgl]

A. VI → hacer juegos malabares (with con) (fig) → darle vueltas (with a)

B. VT [+ balls, plates] → hacer juegos malabares con (fig) (pej) [+ facts, figures] → amañar, falsear
to juggle a career and a family → compaginar las responsabilidades profesionales con las familiares

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juggle [ˈdʒʌg^əl]

vi

(lit) (with balls, objects) → jongler
to juggle with sth [+ balls, plates] → jongler avec qch

(fig) → jongler
to juggle with sth [+ tasks, responsibilities, problems] → jongler avec qch

vt

(lit) [+ balls] → jongler avec

(fig) [+ tasks, responsibilities, problems] → jongler avec
to juggle sth and sth, to juggle sth with sth
Many young women have to juggle family and their career → De nombreuses jeunes femmes doivent jongler avec leur vie de famille et leur carrière.

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juggle

vi → jonglieren; to juggle with the figures → die Zahlen so hindrehen, dass sie passen

vt balls → jonglieren (mit); figures → so hindrehen, dass sie passen; debts → umverteilen; many women have to juggle (the demands of) family and career → viele Frauen müssen (die Anforderungen von) Familie und Beruf miteinander vereinbaren; they juggled the schedules to show the final → die Programmfolge wurde so umgeändert, dass das Endspiel gezeigt werden konnte

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juggle [ˈdʒʌgl]

1. vi → fare giochi di destrezza

2. vt → fare giochi di destrezza con (fig) → manipolare

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juggle [ˈdʒʌgl]

1. vi → fare giochi di destrezza

2. vt → fare giochi di destrezza con (fig) → manipolare

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juggle

v juggle [ˈdʒagl]

to keep throwing in the air and catching a number of objects (eg balls or clubs) He entertained the audience by juggling with four balls and four plates at once. goël يَقْذِف كُرات في الهَواء ويَلْتَقِطُها жунглирам žonglovat jonglere jonglieren κάνω ταχυδακτυλουργικά κόλπα hacer juegos malabares žongleerima تردستی کردن jongleerata jongler (avec) לַעֲשוֹת לַהֲטוּטִים हाथ की सफाई करना žongliranje zsonglőrködik main ketangkasan djöggla, fríhenda, kasta upp/leika að boltum/kylfum fare il giocoliere 曲芸をする (공, 접시 등으로) 곡예를 하다 žongliruoti žonglēt menjugel jongleren sjonglere żonglować fazer malabarismos a jon­gla (cu) жонглировать žonglovať žonglirati žonglirati jonglera โยนและรับลูกบอลหรือสิ่งของอย่างต่อเนื่อง hokkabazlık etmek 雜耍玩雜耍 жонглювати کئی چیزیں ایک ساتھ اچھال کر لپکنا tung hứng 玩杂耍

n juggler

goëlaar قاذِف الكُرات، لاعِب الخِفّه жунгльор žonglér jonglør der Jongleur ζογκλέρ malabarista žonglöör شعبده باز jonglööri jongleur/-euse לַהֲטוטַן, לַהֲטוטַנִית बाजीगर žongler zsonglőr tukang sulap djögglari, e-r sem leikur að boltum/kylfum giocoliere 曲芸師 마술사 žonglierius žonglieris penjugel jongleur sjonglør, tryllekunstner żongler malabarista jongleur жонглёр žonglér žongler žongler jonglör นักเล่นกล hokkabaz 玩雜耍的人, 變戲法者 жонглер بازی گر người tung hứng 玩杂耍的人, 变戏法者