Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Juggled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Juggling}.] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler. See {Juggler}.] 1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure; especially, to maintian several objects in the air at one time by tossing them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand, and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. To practice artifice or imposture.
Be these juggling fiends no more believed. --Shak.
Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. t. 1. To deceive by trick or artifice.
Is't possible the spells of France should juggle Men into such strange mysteries? --Shak.
2. To maintain (several objects) in continuous motion in the air at one time by tossing them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand, and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand; variations on this basic motion are also used. Also used figuratively: see senses 3 and 4. [PJC]
3. To alter (financial records) secretly for the purpose of theft or deception; as, to juggle the accounts. [Colloq.] [PJC]
4. To arrange the performance two tasks or responsibilities at alternate times, so as to be able to do both; as, to juggle the responsibilities of a job and a mother [PJC]
Juggle \Jug"gle\, n. 1. A trick by sleight of hand.
2. An imposture; a deception. --Tennyson.
A juggle of state to cozen the people. --Tillotson.
3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or split. --Knight.
Hence the annual exercise known on Wall Street as "tax selling," in which investors juggle their portfolios to minimize the amounts they will owe the government.
"We had so many suppliers we could always juggle them," he recalls.
They say there is evidence the bank sought to juggle the hard currency under its jurisdiction, taking money from one account to pay the bills owed by another.
Much of an international bond fund's fortune depends on the ability of its portfolio manager to juggle the ebbs and flows of several foreign credit markets as well as the intermittent sharp swings in currencies.
Just as he must juggle positions on Iran, Mr. Bush also must juggle support from the disparate elements within the Republican Party.
Just as he must juggle positions on Iran, Mr. Bush also must juggle support from the disparate elements within the Republican Party.
But time is tight when you juggle careers as disparate as rock music and film composing.
Mr. McVeigh publicly rebuked Smith Barney's owner, Primerica Corp., for trying to "juggle" its earnings by treating the losses as an extraordinary item.
"We're always trying to juggle our resources," said Mr. Page of Software Publishing.
It now earns all its income from model railways. Graham Farish's manufacturing plant turns out some 400 different products. With locomotives composed of more than 100 parts, the company must juggle with over 4,000 different components.
It's possible that a few people might need a warning not to juggle certain household items.
He insisted that VASP would not be returned to state ownership. VASP has maintained international flights but has been forced to juggle domestic schedules.
The discussions sought by United were aimed at getting all airlines that use O'Hare to jointly juggle schedules and make other adjustments that might reduce the delays caused by the new flight restrictions.
The show has been delayed while Mason completes his Algonquin engagement, and he tries to juggle all his offers from the rich and the famous.
The House of Representatives, trying to juggle a political hot potato, broke with tradition Tuesday by opening its session with recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
For most of her career, Miss Marchand has had to juggle family and career.
There are three driving forces behind the resurrection of the idea, and supporters juggle them to fit their policy or campaign stop.
One group of investors that has turned negative on the bond market recently are asset allocators, who juggle investments between stocks, bonds and cash in search of high returns with moderate risks.
But several analysts said the payments, onerous as they are, are sufficiently staggered over a 25-year period that Manville should be able to juggle its trust-payment obligations while continuing to expand its businesses.
Mr. McKenna said he will try to juggle duties at both his firm and Kleiner Perkins.
The Bundesbank has some room to juggle the numbers which go into the target.