Definition of "juggle"

juggle

/ˈd͡ʒʌɡəl/

verb
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.
2. To handle or manage many tasks at once.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To deceive by trick or artifice.
  Quotations
  Is't possible the spells of France should juggle / Men into such strange mysteries?
  1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene iii]
  Be these juggling fiends no more believed.
  c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene viii]
4. (intransitive, archaic) To joke or jest.
5. (intransitive, archaic) To perform magic tricks.
noun
plural juggles
1. (juggling) The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash.
2. The handling or managing of many tasks at once.
  Quotations
  Quit the juggle and monotask.
  2018, Catherine Blyth, Enjoy Time, page 100
3. (archaic) The performance of a magic trick.
4. (archaic) A deceit or imposture.

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juggle

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