单词 | out-juggle |
释义 | out-jugglev. Now rare. transitive. Originally: to outdo in, or defeat by, trickery or deceit (now rare). Also: to juggle more skilfully than. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > circumvent or overreach overgoc1275 circumvene1526 circumvent1564 undercreep1592 overreach1594 circuit1614 out-juggle1620 outwit?1630 out-plot1648 overwit1671 Cretizea1673 outjockey1714 to steal a march1771 to get over ——1784 Jew1825 outfox1872 outsmart1926 blindside1968 1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. iv. 21 A Reader..might verily thinke that I could out-lie the Legends, and out-iuggle a Iesuite. a1768 L. Sterne in Beauties of S. (1811) 118 It was to out-juggle a juggling attorney. 1809 T. G. Fessenden Pills 98 (note) The jabber of a Jefferson, who has juggled us out of our judges, and who, although he is a genuine jolt-head would out juggle a Jew, shall cause no more jangling on this side Japan. 1859 G. Meredith Last Words Juggling Jerry in Once a Week 3 Sept. 189/2 One that outjuggles all's been spying Long to have me. 1870 G. P. Belden Belden xxxii. 235 (heading) A juggler out-juggled. 1998 Life (Nexis) Mar. 14 He could recite ballad poetry for hours, outjuggle a circus clown, dance on his haunches like a Cossack, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1620 |
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