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jug·gle  audio  (jgl) KEY 

VERB:
jug·gled, jug·gling, jug·gles
VERB:
tr.
  1. To keep (two or more objects) in the air at one time by alternately tossing and catching them.
  2. To have difficulty holding; balance insecurely: juggled the ball but finally caught it; shook hands while juggling a cookie and a teacup.
  3. To keep (more than two activities, for example) in motion or progress at one time: managed to juggle a full-time job and homemaking.
  4. To manipulate in order to deceive: juggle figures in a ledger.
VERB:
intr.
  1. To juggle objects or perform other tricks of manual dexterity.
  2. To make rapid motions or manipulations: juggled with the controls on the television to improve the picture.
  3. To use trickery; practice deception.
NOUN:
  1. The act of juggling.
  2. Trickery for a dishonest end.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English jogelen, to entertain by performing tricks, from Old French jogler, from Latin ioculr, to jest, from ioculus, diminutive of iocus, joke; see yek- in Indo-European roots


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