JUGGLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does juggling mean? 

• JUGGLING (noun)
  The noun JUGGLING has 2 senses:

1. the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression

2. throwing and catching several objects simultaneously

  Familiarity information: JUGGLING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUGGLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

juggle; juggling

Hypernyms ("juggling" is a kind of...):

rearrangement (changing an arrangement)

Derivation:

juggle (manipulate by or as if by moving around components)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throwing and catching several objects simultaneously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

juggle; juggling

Hypernyms ("juggling" is a kind of...):

performance (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment)

Derivation:

juggle (throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously)

 Context examples 

Thither then they both set out in the twilight after the long course of juggling tricks and glee-singing with which the principal meal was concluded.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Or you may need to travel quite a bit for work and find that keeping things running smoothly at home will need juggling.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He looked up from his task and saw Joe standing before him juggling flat- irons, starched shirts, and manuscripts.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The unexpected had swept its wizardry over the face of things, changing the perspective, juggling values, and shuffling the real and the unreal into perplexing confusion.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

By some juggling of the clocks it is quite possible that they may have got Scott Eccles to bed earlier than he thought, but in any case it is likely that when Garcia went out of his way to tell him that it was one it was really not more than twelve.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You may have cheerfully volunteered to help your sister with her new little bundle of joy when the baby arrives, and now a job change may make you feel like you are juggling a lot, and you will be this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)