NOUN | act | jugglery | artful trickery designed to achieve an end |
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act | jugglery | the performance of a juggler |
Meaning | artful trickery designed to achieve an end. | |
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Example | "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery" | |
Broader | trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan | The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
Verbs | juggle | influence by slyness |
Meaning | The performance of a juggler. | |
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Broader | maneuver, manoeuvre, play | A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill |
Spanish | malabarismo | |
Catalan | il·lusionisme, malabarisme, prestidigitació | |
Verbs | juggle | throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously |
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