Antonyms for juggle


Grammar : Verb
Spell : juhg-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌg əl


Definition of juggle

Origin :
  • late 14c., "entertain by clowning or doing tricks," back-formation from juggler and in part from Old French jogler "play tricks, sing songs," from Late Latin ioculare (source of Italian giocolare), from Latin ioculari "to jest" (see jocular). Related: Juggled; juggling.
  • verb mislead, falsify; handle several things at once
Example sentences :
  • Would you wish by trick or quibble to juggle me out of these last acres?
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Wally reached out, and took the bullet from him that he might juggle it curiously in his own fingers.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • But somebody produced a slipstick and began to juggle it expertly.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • He wants to show you how you can juggle ore so you can save everything but the smell.
  • Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
  • I am sure there is some juggle here: hang me, if I think he is an Italian after all.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Lyons » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • They juggle with the tariffs and the license question, because it helps them.
  • Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
  • I saw you handlin' your hardware this mornin' an' you sure can juggle a gun.
  • Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
  • It may be a nice question, but it did not seem so to these two, who did not juggle with their consciences.
  • Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • I had fancied that the French had exposed and put an end to this juggle, but not at all.
  • Extract from : « The Greville Memoirs » by Charles C. F. Greville
  • A tricky man may juggle a bad mess of milk on to the best expert.
  • Extract from : « Hints on Dairying » by T. D. Curtis

Synonyms for juggle

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