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juggling act

juggling act noun: a situation in which someone has to deal with several conflicting things simultaneously.

Noun

juggling act (plural juggling acts)

  1. (idiomatic) A situation in which someone has to deal with several conflicting things simultaneously
    • Parenthood is always a juggling act, balancing time and energy and finances and emotions with your child's — and your own — natural good days and bad days.2008, Mikki Morrissette, Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman's Guide, page 17
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: juggling act.
    • The clown's juggling act was both technically fantastic and hilarious.

Forms of juggling act

pluraljuggling acts

Questions about juggling act

What does juggling act mean?
Juggling act means a situation in which someone has to deal with several conflicting things simultaneously.
What part of speech is juggling act?
Juggling act is a noun.
What is the plural of juggling act?
The plural of juggling act is juggling acts.

Words near juggling act in the dictionary

  1. jugglers
  2. jugglery
  3. juggles
  4. jugglesome
  5. juggling
  6. juggling act
  7. juggling acts
  8. jugglingly
  9. jugglings
  10. juggs
  11. Juggurnaut

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