Hypertext Webster Gateway: "juggle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Juggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Juggling}.] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler.
See {Juggler}.]
1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and
sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.
2. To practice artifice or imposture.
Be these juggling fiends no more believed. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. t.
To deceive by trick or artifice.
Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men
into such strange mysteries? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Juggle \Jug"gle\, n.
1. A trick by sleight of hand.
2. An imposture; a deception. --Tennyson.
A juggle of state to cozen the people. --Tillotson.
3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or
split. --Knight.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
juggle
n 1: the act of rearranging things to give a misleading
impression [syn: {juggling}]
2: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously [syn: {juggling}]
v 1: influence by slyness [syn: {beguile}, {hoodwink}]
2: juggle an account, for example, so as to hide a deficit
3: deal with simultaneously: "She had to juggle her job and her
children"
4: throw, catch, and keep in the air several things
simultaneously
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