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juggle verb [ ˈdʒʌɡ(ə)l ]

• continuously toss into the air and catch (a number of objects) so as to keep at least one in the air while handling the others.
• "Charles juggled five tangerines, his hands a frantic blur"

juggle noun

• an act of juggling.
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘entertain with jesting, tricks, etc.’): back-formation from juggler, or from Old French jogler, from Latin joculari ‘to jest’, from joculus, diminutive of jocus ‘jest’. Current senses date from the late 19th century.


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