jug|gle

jug|gle
jug|gle «JUHG uhl», verb, -gled, -gling, noun.
–v.i.
1. to do tricks that require skill of hand or eye: »

He juggled with knives by balancing them on his nose.

2. Figurative. to play tricks; use trickery: »

It sidesteps burning issues in order to juggle with words (London Times). She never juggles or plays tricks with her understanding (Charles Lamb).

–v.t.
1. to do tricks with: »

He can juggle three balls, keeping them in the air at one time.

2. Figurative. to change by trickery or as if by trickery: »

The dishonest cashier juggled the store's accounts to hide his thefts.

3. Figurative. to deceive; trick; cheat: »

He juggled his brother out of his share of the farm that they had inherited.

4. Figurative. to weigh or balance mentally: »

Juggling these imponderables, one guess on the timing would be the last week in September (Wall Street Journal).

–n.
1. the act of juggling.
2. Figurative. a trick; deception; fraud: »

The Opposition…declared the whole transaction to be a mere juggle (William E. H. Lecky).

╂[< Old French jogler < Latin joculārī to joke < joculus (diminutive) < jocus a jest]

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