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JUGGLERY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The performance of a juggler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jugglery" is a kind of...):

maneuver; manoeuvre; play (a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill)

Derivation:

juggle (throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Artful trickery designed to achieve an end

Example:

the senator's tax program was mere jugglery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jugglery" is a kind of...):

chicane; chicanery; guile; shenanigan; trickery; wile (the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them))

Derivation:

juggle (influence by slyness)

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