juggle
juggle Lexical Profile
juggle Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To cope with or manage several demanding activities, roles, or obligations at the same time.
"Many graduate students have to juggle part-time jobs, coursework, and research responsibilities."
To continuously toss into the air and catch a number of objects so as to keep at least one in the air while handling the others.
"The street performer learned to juggle five bowling pins at once without dropping a single one."
To manipulate, rearrange, or falsify facts or figures in order to deceive others or achieve a desired result.
"The committee suspected that the department had tried to juggle the budget figures to hide the deficit."
• noun
An act of continuously tossing and catching multiple objects, or of managing several competing tasks simultaneously.
"The daily juggle between family commitments and a demanding career requires careful planning."
An act of trickery, deception, or artful manipulation.
"The sudden reorganization of the company's assets was dismissed by auditors as a mere financial juggle."
• Rhymes for juggle
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English juglen ('to entertain by jesting or performing tricks'), borrowed from Old French jogler, from Latin ioculari ('to jest or joke'), derived from iocus ('joke' or 'pastime').