juggling

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/ˈd͡ʒʌɡəlɪŋ//ˈd͡ʒʌɡlɪŋ/

noun

The art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.

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Meanings

juggling1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of juggle

juggling2

nounjuggling (countable and uncountable, plural jugglings)

plural jugglings

  1. countableuncountableThe art of moving objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.
  2. countableuncountableAn act or instance of juggling; a reshuffle.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression

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nounthrowing and catching several objects simultaneously

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Origin

juggling · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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juggling · noun

  1. Middle Englishjogelyng
  2. Englishjuggling

From Middle English jogelyng, juglynge, equivalent to juggle + -ing.

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Translations

Arabic أَلْعَاب الْخِفَّة
  • أَلْعَاب الْخِفَّة (ʔalʕāb al-ḵiffa)moving of objects in an artful manner
Bulgarian жонгли́ране
  • жонгли́ране (žonglírane)moving of objects in an artful manner
Catalan malabarisme
  • malabarismemoving of objects in an artful manner
Chinese Mandarin 變戲法 /变戏法, 雜技 /杂技
  • 變戲法 /变戏法 (biànxìfǎ)moving of objects in an artful manner
  • 雜技 /杂技 (zájì)moving of objects in an artful manner
  • 雜耍 /杂耍 (záshuǎ)moving of objects in an artful manner
Czech žonglování
  • žonglovánímoving of objects in an artful manner
Danish jonglering
  • jongleringmoving of objects in an artful manner
Dutch jongleren
  • jonglerenmoving of objects in an artful manner
Esperanto ĵonglado
  • ĵongladomoving of objects in an artful manner
Estonian žongleerimine
  • žongleeriminemoving of objects in an artful manner
Finnish jongleeraus
  • jongleerausmoving of objects in an artful manner
French jonglage, jonglerie
  • jonglagemoving of objects in an artful manner
  • jongleriemoving of objects in an artful manner
German Jonglieren, Jonglage
  • Jonglierenmoving of objects in an artful manner
  • Jonglagemoving of objects in an artful manner
Greek ζογκλερικά
  • ζογκλερικά (zogkleriká)moving of objects in an artful manner
Hebrew לַהֲטוּטָנוּת
  • לַהֲטוּטָנוּת (lahatutanút)moving of objects in an artful manner
Hungarian zsonglőrködés
  • zsonglőrködésmoving of objects in an artful manner
Icelandic djögl, gegl
  • djöglmoving of objects in an artful manner
  • geglmoving of objects in an artful manner
  • griplmoving of objects in an artful manner
Italian giocoleria
  • giocoleriamoving of objects in an artful manner
Japanese ジャグリング, ジャッグ
  • ジャグリング (jaguringu)moving of objects in an artful manner
  • ジャッグ (jaguru)moving of objects in an artful manner
Korean 저글링
  • 저글링 (jeogeulling)moving of objects in an artful manner
Latin praestīgiae
  • praestīgiaemoving of objects in an artful manner
Lithuanian žongliravimas
  • žongliravimasmoving of objects in an artful manner
Norwegian Bokmål sjonglering
  • sjongleringmoving of objects in an artful manner
Polish żonglowanie, żonglerstwo
  • żonglowaniemoving of objects in an artful manner
  • żonglerstwomoving of objects in an artful manner
  • żonglerkamoving of objects in an artful manner
Portuguese malabarismo
  • malabarismomoving of objects in an artful manner
Russian жонгли́рование, жонглёрство
  • жонгли́рование (žonglírovanije)moving of objects in an artful manner
  • жонглёрство (žongljórstvo)moving of objects in an artful manner
Scottish Gaelic cleasachd
  • cleasachdmoving of objects in an artful manner
Slovak žonglovanie, žonglérstvo
  • žonglovaniemoving of objects in an artful manner
  • žonglérstvomoving of objects in an artful manner
Spanish malabarismo, malabares
  • malabarismomoving of objects in an artful manner
  • malabaresmoving of objects in an artful manner
Swedish jonglering
  • jongleringmoving of objects in an artful manner
Turkish jonglörlük
  • jonglörlükmoving of objects in an artful manner
Ukrainian жонглюва́ння
  • жонглюва́ння (žonhljuvánnja)moving of objects in an artful manner
Vietnamese tung hứng
  • tung hứngmoving of objects in an artful manner
Yiddish זשאָנגלירן
  • זשאָנגלירן (zhonglirn)moving of objects in an artful manner
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