Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - juggle
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Juggle
juggle
~ v 1 to keep three or more objects moving through the air by throwing and catching them very quickly (juggling with plates) 2 if you juggle two or more jobs, activities etc, you try to fit all of them into your life (juggling the needs of your family with the demands of the job) 3 to arrange numbers, information etc in the way that you want (No amount of financial juggling could hide the fraud.) - juggler n (- see also balancing/juggling act act1 (12))
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1.
(juggles, juggling, juggled) 1. If you juggle lots of different things, for example your work and your family, you try to give enough time or attention to all of them. The management team meets several times a week to juggle budgets and resources... Mike juggled the demands of a family of 11 with a career as a TV reporter. VERB: V n, V n with n, also V with n 2. If you juggle, you entertain people by throwing things into the air, catching each one and throwing it up again so that there are several of them in the air at the same time. Soon she was juggling five eggs... I can’t juggle. VERB: V n, V • juggling He can perform an astonishing variety of acts, including mime and juggling. N-UNCOUNT JUGGLER (jugglers) A juggler is someone who juggles in order to entertain people. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
I. verb (~d; juggling) Etymology: Middle English jogelen, from Anglo-French jugler, from Latin joculari to jest, joke, from joculus, diminutive of jocus joke Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. to perform the tricks of a ~r 2. to engage in manipulation especially in order to achieve a desired end transitive verb 1. a. to practice deceit or trickery on ; beguile b. to manipulate or rearrange especially in order to achieve a desired end ~ an account to hide a loss 2. a. to toss in the manner of a ~r b. to hold or balance precariously 3. to handle or deal with usually several things (as obligations) at one time so as to satisfy often competing requirements ~ the responsibilities of family life and full-time job — Jane S. Gould II. noun Date: 1664 an act or instance of juggling: a. a trick of magic b. a show of manual dexterity c. an act of manipulation especially to achieve a desired end ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by with) perform feats of dexterity, esp. by tossing objects in the air and catching them, keeping several in the air at the same time. b tr. perform such feats with. 2 tr. continue to deal with (several activities) at once, esp. with ingenuity. 3 intr. (foll. by with) & tr. a deceive or cheat. b misrepresent (facts). c rearrange adroitly. --n. 1 a piece of juggling. 2 a fraud. Etymology: ME, back-form. f. JUGGLER or f. OF jogler, jugler f. L joculari jest f. joculus dimin. of jocus jest ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. жонглирование; фокус, трюк, ловкость рук 2. обман, плутовство, ловкая проделка 3. извращение слов, фактов; жонглирование словами и т. п. 4. жонглировать; показывать фокусы to juggle with knives —- жонглировать ножами he can juggle three balls —- он умеет жонглировать тремя мячами 5. надувать, обманывать to juggle with smb. —- обманывать кого-л. to juggle smth. out of smb. —- выманить что-л. у кого-л. to juggle smb. away —- обманом увести кого-л. to juggle smb. into doing smth. —- обманом втянуть кого-л. в какое-л. дело, обманом заставить кого-л. сделать что-л. 6. извращать; фальсифицировать, подделывать to juggle figures —- фальсифицировать цифры to juggle accounts to hide a loss —- бухгалтерскими манипуляциями скрыть убытки to juggle with words —- передергивать (извращать) смысл (слов) to juggle with facts —- подтасовывать факты 7. (with) играть, забавляться he likes to juggle with ideas —- он любит тешиться разными идеями 8. бревно ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) фокус, ловкость рук, трюк 2) ловкая проделка, обман, плутовство; извращение слов, фактов 2. v. 1) показывать фокусы; жонглировать 2) надувать, обманывать to juggle a person out of his money - выманить у кого-л. деньги - juggle with JUGGLE with а) искажать, передергивать (факты, слова) I dont think I shall be able to juggle with my tax return this year. б) обманывать ...Англо-русский словарь
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