juggle Definition
jug·gle (jug′əl)
transitive verb -·gled, -·gling
- to perform skillful tricks of sleight of hand with (balls, knives, etc.) as by keeping a number of them in the air continuously
- to make several awkward attempts to catch or hold (a ball, etc.)
- to manipulate or practice trickery on so as to deceive or cheat to juggle figures so as to show a profit
Etymology: ME jogelen < OFr jogler, to juggle, play false < ML jogulari, to play, entertain < L joculari, to joke < joculus, dim. of jocus, joke
intransitive verb
to toss up a number of balls, knives, etc. and keep them continuously in the air
noun
- an act of juggling
- a clever trick or deception
juggle Related Forms
juggle Synonyms
juggle
v.
juggle Usage Examples
Object
- chainsaw: Chad really is 'cutting edge ' as he is one of only a handful of performers in the world who juggles chainsaws.
- cascade: Exercise 4 Close your eyes, stand on one leg & juggle a Three ball cascade.
- ball: Best we ever did was a set of juggling balls.
- childcare: The difficulties of juggling childcare with work are well publicized.
- workload: Confidence was the main obstacle - and juggling workload and family.
- demand: Right to request flexible working This is good news for parents that are juggling the demands of work with bringing up young kids.
Adjective complement
more: However, trying to juggle more than two schools makes for extremely slow progress.
Modifying Another Word
- successfully: She herself has successfully juggled a career with family life.
- constantly: Is your training team constantly juggling too many projects with not enough people to make them happen?
- about: Life shouldn't be about juggling an increasing number of balls.
- often: I had to work to tight hourly schedules and often juggle several tasks at once.
- then: If you can juggle then why not make a trick stick and try learn a new skill.
- still: While still juggling a crossed arm reverse cascade lead with the arm on the bottom.
Followed by an intransitive particle
around: The Chancellor gets a bit more tax out of us by juggling around with the rates.
Followed by a transitive particle
around: It allows you to experiment a lot and juggle ideas around.
Infinitive complement
get: The next morning, after a little bit of juggling to get all the cars out of the car park.
Present participle complement
- compete: Men tend to find it easier to focus on one task at a time rather than juggle competing priorities.
- study: The distance learning MEd at Bradford appealed to me because it allowed me to juggle studying with working and bringing up a family.
Preposition: with
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