Wednesday, May 03, 2006

I'm juggling as fast as I can

jug·gle ( P ) Pronunciation Key (jgl)v. jug·gled, jug·gling, jug·gles v. tr.
To keep (two or more objects) in the air at one time by alternately tossing and catching them.
To have difficulty holding; balance insecurely: juggled the ball but finally caught it; shook hands while juggling a cookie and a teacup.
To keep (more than two activities, for example) in motion or progress at one time: managed to juggle a full-time job and homemaking.
To manipulate in order to deceive: juggle figures in a ledger. v. intr.
To juggle objects or perform other tricks of manual dexterity.
To make rapid motions or manipulations: juggled with the controls on the television to improve the picture.
To use trickery; practice deception. n.
The act of juggling.
Trickery for a dishonest end.
[Middle English jogelen, to entertain by performing tricks, from Old French jogler, from Latin ioculr, to jest, from ioculus, diminutive of iocus, joke. See yek- in Indo-European Roots.][
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth EditionCopyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
juggle
n 1: the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression [syn:
juggling] 2: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously [syn: juggling] v 1: influence by slyness [syn: beguile, hoodwink] 2: manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit" 3: deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children" 4: throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously

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