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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jug•gler ( jug′lər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who performs juggling feats, as with balls or knives.
- a person who deceives by trickery;
trickster.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French jogelour, jugelur, Old French jogleor, jougleor (see jongleur) Latin joculātor joker, equivalent. to joculā(rī) (see juggle) + -tor -tor; replacing Old English gēogelere magician, cognate with German Gaukler, both directly
- Middle English jogelour, jogeler, jugelour bef. 1100
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈjuggler /ˈdʒʌɡlə/ n - a person who juggles, esp a professional entertainer
- a person who fraudulently manipulates facts or figures
jug•gle /ˈdʒʌgəl/USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling, n. v. - to keep (several objects, as balls, knives, plates, etc.) in continuous motion in the air at the same time by tossing and catching: [no object]The clown learned how to juggle.[~ + object]He juggled oranges and apples.
- to alter, fix, change, or manipulate (accounts, business figures, etc.) in order to deceive:[~ + object]to juggle the firm's accounts to hide the theft.
- to manage or switch rapidly between the requirements of (two or more activities) so as to handle each adequately:[~ + object]Many students must juggle the requirements of work and school.
n. [countable] - the act or fact of juggling.
jug•gler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jug•gle ( jug′əl),USA pronunciation v., -gled, -gling, n. v.t. - to keep (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.
- to hold, catch, carry, or balance precariously;
almost drop and then catch hold again:The center fielder juggled the ball but finally made the catch. - to alter or manipulate in order to deceive, as by subterfuge or trickery:to juggle the business accounts; to juggle the facts.
- to manage or alternate the requirements of (two or more tasks, responsibilities, activities, etc.) so as to handle each adequately:to juggle the obligations of job and school.
v.i. - to perform feats of manual or bodily dexterity, as tossing up and keeping in continuous motion a number of balls, plates, knives, etc.
- to use artifice or trickery.
n. - the act or fact of juggling.
- Late Latin joculāre to joke (replacing Latin joculārī), equivalent. to Latin jocul(us) (joc(us) joke + -ulus -ule) + -āre infinitive suffix
- Old French jogler to serve as buffoon or jester
- Middle English jog(e)len 1350–1400
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