Juggling

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Juggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Juggling}.] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler.
     See {Juggler}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
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     2. To practice artifice or imposture.
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              Be these juggling fiends no more believed. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Juggling \Jug"gling\, a.
     Cheating; tricky. -- {Jug"gling*ly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Juggling \Jug"gling\, n. [p. pr. from {juggle}, v. t.]
     1. Jugglery; underhand practice.
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     2. The act or process of keeping several objects in the air
        at one time by tossing them with the hands. See {juggle}
        v. t., senses 2, 3, and 4.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  juggling
       n 1: the act of rearranging things to give a misleading
            impression [syn: {juggle}]
       2: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously [syn: {juggle}]