juggle betydelse and definition

Betydelse av juggle på svenska

• 0 to throw several objects up into the air, and then catch and throw them up repeatedly so that one or more stays in the air, usually in order to entertain people:

  • We all watched in amazement as he juggled with three flaming torches.

• 1 to succeed in arranging your life so that you have time to involve yourself in two or more different activities or groups of people:

  • Many parents find it hard to juggle children and a career.

• 2 to change results or information recorded as numbers so that a situation seems to be better than it really is:

  • It won't matter if we juggle the figures - no one will know.

• 3 to throw several objects into the air, catch them, and keep them moving so that at least one is always in the air:

  • [ T ] fig. Many women find it hard to juggle a family and a career (= to arrange their lives so that they have time for both).

• 4 to try to do two or more jobs or activities at the same time, because you do not have a lot of time:

  • Senior executives are under pressure to juggle the increasing demands of their workload.

  • juggle sth and/with sth Flexible working hours help staff juggle work and family life.

• 5 if you juggle data or resources, you use them in a way that will bring you an advantage or that may be dishonest:

  • Analysts think the Treasury may be able to juggle its accounts for the next few months.

• 6 to buy and sell shares, bonds, etc. on a regular basis in order to make a lot of money:

  • While individual investors may be able to juggle asset allocation themselves, diversifying into 100 or more different assets usually requires a professional fund manager.