juggle

verb

1. To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner.

   “She can juggle flaming torches.”

2. (dated, intransitive)To perform various magic tricks or circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation.

   “God alone knows where he came from, but he was in the camp one evening juggling for stray coppers in a bowl. Pretty good juggling too it seemed to be, of the usual Indian kind—growing a plant out of a pumpkin seed, turning a stick into a live snake, and the old sword and basket trick that every Eastern conjurer keeps up his sleeve; […]”

3. To handle or manage many tasks at once.

   “He juggled home, school, and work for two years.”

4. (ambitransitive)To deceive by trick or artifice.

   “I think they are juggling the company's books.”

   “Is't possible the spells of France should juggle / Men into such strange mysteries?”

   “Be these juggling fiends no more believed.”

5. (archaic, intransitive)To joke or jest.

noun

1. The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash.
2. The handling or managing of many tasks at once.

   “Quit the juggle and monotask.”

3. (archaic)The performance of a magic trick.
4. (archaic)A deceit or imposture.

   “I could not believe that she was dead. The lips were red, nay redder than before; and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom. “Is this a juggle?” I said to him.”