3 entries under this word

Juggle

Jŭg'gle, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. JUGGLED; p. pr. & vb. n. JUGGLING.] [O. Fr. jogler, jugler, N. Fr. jongler, It. giocolare, from Lat. joculari, to jest, joke. See JOCULATOR.]

  1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to amuse and make sport by tricks which make a false show of extraordinary powers; to conjure.
  2. To practice artifice or imposture. “Be these juggling fiends no more believed.” Shak.

Jŭg′gle, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To deceive by trick or artifice. Is’t possible the spells of France should juggle men Into such strange mockeries? Shak.

Jŭg'gle, n.

noun

n. 1. A trick by legerdemain. 2. An imposture; a deception.

Am I to be overawed By what I can not but know Is a juggle born of the brain? Tennyson.