juggle
/ˈd͡ʒʌɡəl/
juggle verb: to manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.
Verb
juggle (third-person singular simple present juggles, present participle juggling, simple past and past participle juggled)
- To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.
- She can juggle flaming torches.
- To perform various magic tricks or circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation.
- God alone knows where he came from, but he was in the camp one evening juggling for stray coppers in a bowl. Pretty good juggling too it seemed to be, of the usual Indian kind—growing a plant out of a pumpkin seed, turning a stick into a live snake, and the old sword and basket trick that every...1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
- To handle or manage many tasks at once.
- He juggled home, school, and work for two years.
- To deceive by trick or artifice.
- I think they are juggling the company's books.
- 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)...
- To joke or jest.
Noun
juggle (plural juggles)
- The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash.
- The handling or managing of many tasks at once.
- Quit the juggle and monotask.2018, Catherine Blyth, Enjoy Time, page 100
- The performance of a magic trick.
- A deceit or imposture.
- I could not believe that she was dead. The lips were red, nay redder than before; and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom. “Is this a juggle?” I said to him.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula
juggle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
juggle in Tamil
- எத்துமானம், ஏமாற்று, வஞ்சி
juggle in Urdu
- کرتب دکھانا, شعبدہ بازی کرنا
juggle in Bengali
- ভোজবাজি, ম্যাজিক দেখানো, বল
juggle in Malayalam
- അമ്മാനമാടുക, ചെപ്പടിവിദ്യ കാട്ടുക, കബളിപ്പിക്കുക
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- juggle in Kannada
- ಯಕ್ಷಿಣಿ ಮಾಡು, ಇಂದ್ರಜಾಲ ಮಾಡು, ಚಮತ್ಕಾರ ಕೌಶಲಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡು, ಮೋಡಿ ಹಾಕು
Examples of juggle in a sentence
- I really got a kick out of that clown's juggling act.
- The ineptness of the novice jugglers was apparent as they frequently dropped their juggling pins.
- Can you believe he can juggle six balls at once?
Synonyms of juggle
Forms of juggle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | juggles |
| present participle | juggling |
| past participle | juggled |
| past | juggled |
| Noun | |
| plural | juggles |
Origin of juggle
From Middle English jogelen, partly a back-formation of Middle English jogeler (“juggler”), and partly a borrowing from Old French jogler, jongler (“to have fun with someone”), a conflation of Latin joculāri (“to jest; joke”) and Old French jangler (“to regale; entertain; have fun; trifle with; tease; mess around; gossip; boast; meddle”), from Frankish *jangalōn (“to chit-chat with; gossip”), akin to Middle Dutch jankelen (“to murmur; whisper; mumble; grumble”), frequentative of Middle Dutch janken (“to moan; groan; complain”). Related also to Middle Low German janken (“to sigh; moan; lament”), Dutch jengelen (“to whine; whimper”) Dutch janken (“to whine; wimper”).
Words formed from juggle
Words that rhyme with juggle
Questions about juggle
- What does juggle mean?
- Juggle means to manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.
- What is juggle in Tamil?
- Juggle in Tamil is எத்துமானம், ஏமாற்று, வஞ்சி. See Juggle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is juggle?
- Juggle can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce juggle?
- Juggle is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌɡəl/.
- What is the past tense of juggle?
- The past tense of juggle is juggled.
Words near juggle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: juggle (page history and authors); juggle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juggle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juggle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juggle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juggle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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