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to juggle

to juggle

27 3.8
To manage several tasks at the same time, like work and family
  • verb
  • /ˈdʒʌɡəl/
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  • It's challenging to juggle multiple projects at work and meet all the deadlines.
  • juggle responsibilities
  • juggle work and family
  • juggle multiple tasks

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Examples

  • I would say it's been tough on me trying to juggle both studies and gaming at the same time.

  • "I'm trying to wrap my mind around how to juggle work and a baby.

    Blog text (14)
  • We juggle family and friends, we juggle love, we juggle our career, we juggle our health and we juggle self.

  • The second is more directly about the ability to juggle both work and young children.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Companies in the business of making tools to order usually juggle a number of different jobs at one time.

    Academic text (2007)
  • There has been almost nothing written about community college faculty and their attempts to juggle work and family commitments.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Instead, many juggle full-time work and families along with their classes.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I can't imagine the stress of your job, trying to juggle all of that at once.

    Blog text (1)
  • And so I'm trying to juggle two kids by myself going to uni.

  • The CO's duty to manage contract performance continues unabated during this process despite the need to juggle many tasks and perspectives.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

to have one's hands full
vsto juggle
  • Informal
23 3.9

To be very busy with many tasks

emphasizes trying to manage several activities rather than simply being busy
to multitask
vsto juggle
15 3.7

To do two or more things at the same time

focuses on managing several responsibilities rather than only simultaneous action

Antonyms

99 2.5

Make something easier to understand or use

How Well

to manage
239 2.3
to juggle
27 3.8
to handle
2.1

Surface Forms

juggle infinitive
juggled past
juggled past participle
juggling present participle
juggles third person singular

Etymology

Juggle comes from old words for a performer and the Latin root jocus meaning 'joke', which also gave us the word joke. Picture a performer keeping many balls in the air at once, so to juggle tasks is to try to keep many things going at the same time.