| slovo | definícia |
juggle
(encz) | juggle,podvod n: Zdeněk Brož |
juggle
(encz) | juggle,žonglovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Juggle
(gcide) | Juggle \Jug"gle\, n.
1. A trick by sleight of hand.
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2. An imposture; a deception. --Tennyson.
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A juggle of state to cozen the people. --Tillotson.
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3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or
split. --Knight.
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Juggle
(gcide) | Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Juggled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Juggling.] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler.
See Juggler.]
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1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and
sport by tricks of skill; to conjure; especially, to
maintian several objects in the air at one time by tossing
them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand,
and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand.
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2. To practice artifice or imposture.
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Be these juggling fiends no more believed. --Shak.
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Juggle
(gcide) | Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. t.
1. To deceive by trick or artifice.
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Is't possible the spells of France should juggle
Men into such strange mysteries? --Shak.
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2. To maintain (several objects) in continuous motion in the
air at one time by tossing them up with one hand, catching
them with the other hand, and passing them from the
catching to the tossing hand; variations on this basic
motion are also used. Also used figuratively: see senses 3
and 4.
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3. To alter (financial records) secretly for the purpose of
theft or deception; as, to juggle the accounts. [Colloq.]
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4. To arrange the performance two tasks or responsibilities
at alternate times, so as to be able to do both; as, to
juggle the responsibilities of a job and a mother
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juggle
(wn) | juggle
n 1: the act of rearranging things to give a misleading
impression [syn: juggle, juggling]
2: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously [syn:
juggle, juggling]
v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, 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
5: hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player
juggled the ball" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
juggled
(encz) | juggled,žongloval v: Zdeněk Brož |
juggler
(encz) | juggler,eskamotér n: Zdeněk Brožjuggler,kejklíř Zdeněk Brožjuggler,žonglér n: Zdeněk Brož |
jugglers
(encz) | jugglers,žongléři n: Zdeněk Brož |
jugglery
(encz) | jugglery,žonglování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Juggle
(gcide) | Juggle \Jug"gle\, n.
1. A trick by sleight of hand.
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2. An imposture; a deception. --Tennyson.
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A juggle of state to cozen the people. --Tillotson.
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3. A block of timber cut to a length, either in the round or
split. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Juggled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Juggling.] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler.
See Juggler.]
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1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and
sport by tricks of skill; to conjure; especially, to
maintian several objects in the air at one time by tossing
them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand,
and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand.
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2. To practice artifice or imposture.
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Be these juggling fiends no more believed. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. t.
1. To deceive by trick or artifice.
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Is't possible the spells of France should juggle
Men into such strange mysteries? --Shak.
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2. To maintain (several objects) in continuous motion in the
air at one time by tossing them up with one hand, catching
them with the other hand, and passing them from the
catching to the tossing hand; variations on this basic
motion are also used. Also used figuratively: see senses 3
and 4.
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3. To alter (financial records) secretly for the purpose of
theft or deception; as, to juggle the accounts. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
4. To arrange the performance two tasks or responsibilities
at alternate times, so as to be able to do both; as, to
juggle the responsibilities of a job and a mother
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Juggled
(gcide) | Juggle \Jug"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Juggled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Juggling.] [OE. juglen; cf. OF. jogler, jugler, F. jongler.
See Juggler.]
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1. To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and
sport by tricks of skill; to conjure; especially, to
maintian several objects in the air at one time by tossing
them up with one hand, catching them with the other hand,
and passing them from the catching to the tossing hand.
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2. To practice artifice or imposture.
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Be these juggling fiends no more believed. --Shak.
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Juggler
(gcide) | Juggler \Jug"gler\, n. [OE. jogelour, juglur, OF. jogleor,
jugleor, jongleor, F. jongleur, fr. L. joculator a jester,
joker, fr. joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest,
joke. See Joke, and cf. Jongleur, Joculator.]
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1. One who juggles; one who practices or exhibits tricks by
sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.
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Note: This sense is now expressed by magician or
conjurer.
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As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak.
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Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak.
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3. A person who juggles objects, i. e. who maintains several
objects in the air by passing them in turn from one hand
to another.
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Juggleress
(gcide) | Juggleress \Jug"gler*ess\, n.
1. A female juggler. --T. Warton.
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Jugglery
(gcide) | Jugglery \Jug"gler*y\, n. [OE. & OF. joglerie, F. jonglerie.]
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1. The art or act of a juggler; sleight of hand.
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2. Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery.
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Outjuggle
(gcide) | Outjuggle \Out*jug"gle\, v. t.
To surpass in juggling.
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juggler
(wn) | juggler
n 1: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of
manual dexterity |
jugglery
(wn) | jugglery
n 1: artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's
tax program was mere jugglery"
2: the performance of a juggler |
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