juggle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
    juggling.
  2. noun throwing and catching several objects simultaneously
    juggling.
  3. verb influence by slyness
    hoodwink; beguile.
  4. verb manipulate by or as if by moving around components
    • juggle an account so as to hide a deficit
  5. verb deal with simultaneously
    • She had to juggle her job and her children
  6. verb throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously
  7. verb hold with difficulty and balance insecurely
    • the player juggled the ball

WordNet

Jug"gle intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler. See Juggler.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Juggled ; present participle & verbal noun Juggling
Definitions
  1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.
  2. To practice artifice or imposture.
    Be these juggling fiends no more believed. Shak.
Jug"gle transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To deceive by trick or artifice.
    Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries? Shak.
Jug"gle noun
Definitions
  1. A trick by sleight of hand.
  2. An imposture; a deception. Tennyson.
    A juggle of state to cozen the people. Tillotson.
  3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. Knight.

Webster 1913