juggle
- noun
- /ˈdʒʌɡəl/
- The company's financial juggle of figures misled investors for years.
Examples
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Political campaigns often involve a juggle of promises and facts.
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Through a clever juggle of schedules, she made it appear as though she had more free time.
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The company's financial juggle was eventually uncovered by auditors.
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His financial juggle was exposed.
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The accountant's juggle of numbers is impressive.
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His juggle of information during the debate left many voters confused.
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The magician's juggle of facts in his speech kept the audience intrigued.
Synonyms
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5.5
Getting someone to do what you want to help yourself using clever or dishonest actions
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A false show that hides what is really happening
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7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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9.5
A trick or excuse to hide the real reason
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8.1
Words or actions that trick people by seeming magical
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9.3
A trick used to cheat people, often to get their money
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4.9
An unfair action meant to harm or cheat someone
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8.1
A clever trick that deceives people or hides the truth
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9.3
Tricks people use to deceive others to get money or advantage
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A trick to confuse or upset someone
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7.5
A false act or story that tries to trick people, often to make them laugh
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9.9
Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
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A trick that makes something look like real magic
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A trick done to cheat or fool people
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Making facts seem to mean something else
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A secret plan to trick people by making something seem accidental
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Making facts or numbers seem better than they are
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Dishonest actions that try to trick people
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Dishonest words or actions that try to trick people
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Tricky or dishonest actions used to confuse people and gain advantage
To make false information, for example in documents or results, to trick people
Antonyms
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Juggle comes from old words for a performer and the Latin root jocus meaning 'joke', which links it to clever play or tricks. That is why a financial or political juggle can mean a clever or deceptive rearrangement to make things look better than they are.