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Definition of Juggling
1. Noun. The act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression.
2. Noun. Throwing and catching several objects simultaneously.
Definition of Juggling
1. a. Cheating; tricky.
2. n. Jugglery; underhand practice.
Definition of Juggling
1. Verb. (present participle of juggle) ¹
2. Noun. The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. ¹
3. Noun. An act or instance of juggling; a reshuffle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Juggling
1. jugglery [n -S] - See also: jugglery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Juggling
Literary usage of Juggling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"juggling. f- / J 'T1s not juggling that is to be blamed, but much juggling, »
for the world cannot be governed without itj All your ..."
2. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1910)
"(1851-78) THE LAST WORDS OF juggling JERRY Pitch here the tent, while the old
horse grazes : By the old hedge-side we '11 halt a stage. ..."
3. Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1689)
"LXVIII juggling '' I "IS not juggling that is to be blamed, but J- much juggling;
for the World cannot be Governed without it. All your Rhetoric, and all ..."
4. Business Finance: A Practical Study of Financial Management in Private by William Henry Lough (1917)
"One of the best-known examples of account juggling in American financial history
is the case of the American Malting Company. ..."
5. John Selden and His Table-talk by John Selden (1899)
"juggling. 'Tis not juggling that is to be blamed, but much juggling; for the
world cannot be governed without it. All your rhetoric and all your ..."
6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The his- of the change is this : juggling tricks i once considered a sort of
enchant- • : to enchant is to charm, and to m is to win the heart. resto. ..."
7. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... jugglery, juggling tricks, juggling, legerdemain; S.Jig. deceptive play, ...
float; to sport; to trifle; 2. to juggle, to practise juggling tricks. ..."
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