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Juggling

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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.

[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.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Jugglingjuggling - the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
rearrangement - changing an arrangement
2.juggling - throwing and catching several objects simultaneously
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"

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The juggling explains the three glasses, which Todhunter was teaching himself to throw up and catch in rotation.
--but the only way's to stash it; so here goes to hammock again; and in the morning, I'll see how this plaguey juggling thinks over by day-light.
He was a little, thin, sawed-off, sword-swallowing and juggling Frenchman.
 
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