• IPA: /ˈdʒʌɡəl/

juggle (juggles, present participle juggling; past and past participle juggled)

1. To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.

   She can juggle flaming torches.

2. To handle or manage many tasks at once.

   He juggled home, school, and work for two years.

3. (ambitransitive) To deceive by trick or artifice.
   • 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iii]:

     Is't possible the spells of France should juggle / Men into such strange mysteries?

   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene viii]:

     Be these juggling fiends no more believed.

4. (intransitive, archaic) To joke or jest.
5. (intransitive, archaic) To perform magic tricks.

• French: jongler
• German: jonglieren; (a soccer ball) hochhalten
• Italian: giocolare
• Portuguese: fazer malabarismo com
• Russian: жонгли́ровать
• Spanish: hacer malabarismos, malabarear, hacer juegos malabares

• French: jongler
• German: jonglieren
• Russian: жонгли́ровать

juggle (plural juggles)

1. (juggling) The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash#Noun|flash.
2. The handling or managing of many tasks at once.
   • 2018, Catherine Blyth, Enjoy Time (page 100)

     Quit the juggle and monotask.

3. (archaic) The performance of a magic trick.
4. (archaic) A deceit or imposture.