juggler.html - 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. [ME, back-form. f. JUGGLER or f. OF jogler, jugler f. L joculari jest f. joculus dimin. of jocus jest]

juggler.html - n.
1 a a person who juggles. b a conjuror.
2 a trickster or impostor.

jugglery n. [ME f. OF jouglere -eor f. L joculator -oris (as JUGGLE)]

juggler.html - 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. [ME, back-form. f. JUGGLER or f. OF jogler, jugler f. L joculari jest f. joculus dimin. of jocus jest]

juggler.html - n.
1 a a person who juggles. b a conjuror.
2 a trickster or impostor.

jugglery n. [ME f. OF jouglere -eor f. L joculator -oris (as JUGGLE)]

juggler.html - n.
1 esp. Brit. a large heavy motor vehicle, esp. an articulated lorry.
2 a huge or overwhelming force or object.
3 (Juggernaut) an institution or notion to which persons blindly sacrifice themselves or others. [Hindi Jagannath f. Skr. Jagannatha = lord of the world: name of an idol of Krishna in Hindu mythol., carried in procession on a huge cart under which devotees are said to have formerly thrown themselves]

juggler.html - n.
Brit. sl. a simpleton. [perh. f. proper name Juggins (as JUG): cf. MUGGINS]