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Juggle   /dʒˈəgəl/   Listen
verb
Juggle  v. t.  
1.
To deceive by trick or artifice. "Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries?"
2.
To maintain (several objects) in continuous motion in the air at one time by tossing them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand, and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand; variations on this basic motion are also used. Also used figuratively: see senses 3 and 4.
3.
To alter (financial records) secretly for the purpose of theft or deception; as, to juggle the accounts. (Colloq.)
4.
To arrange the performance two tasks or responsibilities at alternate times, so as to be able to do both; as, to juggle the responsibilities of a job and a mother



Juggle  v. i.  (past & past part. juggled; pres. part. juggling)  
1.
To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure; especially, to maintian several objects in the air at one time by tossing them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand, and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand.
2.
To practice artifice or imposture. "Be these juggling fiends no more believed."



noun
Juggle  n.  
1.
A trick by sleight of hand.
2.
An imposture; a deception. "A juggle of state to cozen the people."
3.
A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split.






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"Juggle" Quotes from Famous Books



... presence of God's Law restrains our liberty, and it is by using, or rather abusing, our freedom, that we come to violate the Law. It is for this reason that Law is said to be opposed to Liberty. Liberty is a word of many meanings. Men swear by it and men juggle with it. It is the slogan in both camps of the world's warfare. It is in itself man's noblest inheritance, and yet there is no name under the sun in which more ...
— Explanation of Catholic Morals - A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals • John H. Stapleton

... their beauty and gentleness in the beautiful and gentle city. And so I got a good way upon my work with very little trouble indeed, for, as I have said, rhymes always came easy to me and I loved to juggle with colored words. My difficulty came with the moment when I had to decide upon the introduction of my ...
— The God of Love • Justin Huntly McCarthy

... much as he, and knew not what to say. I thought many ways that I had the worst of it, but his saying he was undone, and that he had no estate neither, put me into a mere distraction. 'Why,' says I to him, 'this has been a hellish juggle, for we are married here upon the foot of a double fraud; you are undone by the disappointment, it seems; and if I had had a fortune I had been cheated too, for ...
— The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c. • Daniel Defoe

... by your bounty to a deed I do not often practise. Some there are, Which by sophistic tricks, aspire that name Which I would gladly lose, of necromancer; As some that use to juggle upon cards, Seeming to conjure, when indeed they cheat; Others that raise up their confederate spirits 'Bout windmills, and endanger their own necks For making of a squib; and some there are Will keep a curtal to show juggling tricks, And give out 'tis a spirit; ...
— The White Devil • John Webster

... one could pass pleasantries with one's dearest enemy and still smile. In the old life, under similar circumstances, there would have been gun-play, and probably later a funeral; but here—they knew better how to live. Already, in the few social events she had attended, she had seen them juggle with emotions as a conjurer with knives—to emerge unhurt, unruffled. To be sure, she could not herself do it—yet; ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge


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