juggle

Meanings

Verb

• 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.
• To handle or manage many tasks at once.
• To deceive by trick or artifice.
• To joke or jest.
• To perform magic tricks.

Noun

• The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash.
• The handling or managing of many tasks at once.
• The performance of a magic trick.
• A deceit or imposture.

Origin

• From Middle English jogelen, partly a back-formation of Middle English jogeler, and partly a borrowing from Old French jogler, jongler, a conflation of Latin iocor ("to jest; joke") and Old French jangler, from Frankish *jangalōn, akin to Middle Dutch jankelen, frequentative of Middle Dutch janken. Related also to Middle Low German janken, Dutch jengelen Dutch janken.