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Definitions for Juggling

[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.
[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.
[7] the act or fact of juggling.
[8] to throw and catch (several objects) continuously so that most are in the air all the time, as an entertainment
[9] to arrange or manipulate (facts, figures, etc) so as to give a false or misleading picture
[10] (tr) to keep (several activities) in progress, esp with difficulty
[11] an act of juggling

Words related to Juggling

juggleshuffle, alter, trim, maneuver, humbug, doctor, conjure, fix, modify, change, disguise, beguile, betray, bluff, misrepresent, manipulate, delude, double-cross, illude

Words nearby Juggling

jugglejugendstil, jugful, jugged hare, juggernaut, juggins, juggle, juggler, jugglery, jughead, juglandaceous, jugoslav

Origin of Juggling

e1350–1400; Middle English jog(e)len < Old French jogler to serve as buffoon or jester < Late Latin joculāre to joke (replacing Latin joculārī ), equivalent to Latin jocul(us ) (joc(us ) joke + -ulus -ule) + -āre infinitive suffix

Other words from Juggling

jug·gling·ly , adverb
out·jug·gle , verb (used with object), out·jug·gled, out·jug·gling.
un·jug·gled , adjective

Word origin for Juggling

eC14: from Old French jogler to perform as a jester, from Latin joculārī to jest, from jocus a jest

Synonyms for Juggling

legerdemain, prestidigitation, tour de force