Russian

en-noun

Russian (countable and uncountable, plural Russians)

From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, the adjective of Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Attested in English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century. By surface analysis, Russia + -an.

Ok, I do think I am starting to get used to it, but you have to admit, if youve^([sic]) been juggling bags and then start juggling Russians, they feel sooo lopsided to juggle at first!

2011, jamescoutry24, “Beanbags > Russian”, in rec.juggling (Usenet):

(juggling, rare in the singular) A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.


run

en-verb

run (third-person singular simple present runs, present participle running, simple past ran, past participle run or (nonstandard, colloquial) ran)

runs (present singular third-person)
running (participle present)
ran (past)
run (participle past)
ran (colloquial nonstandard participle past)
run (infinitive)
rin (alternative)
ren (alternative)

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen,
yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”) (compare also *rannijaną (“to make run”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”).
Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), Dutch rennen (“to run, race”), Alemannic German ränne (“to run”), German rennen (“to run, race”), rinnen (“to flow”), Rhein, Danish rende (“to run”), Swedish ränna (“to run”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), Icelandic renna (“to flow”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See random.

der

a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on

hold with the hare and run with the hounds

run around like a chicken with its head cut off

the course of true love never did run smooth

you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

you don't miss the water till the well runs dry

you never miss the water till the well runs dry

you never miss the water until the well runs dry

(transitive, juggling, colloquial) To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.

pyörittää

juggling: to juggle a pattern continuously


box

en-noun

box (plural boxes or (nonstandard, computing, humorous) boxen)

boxes (plural)
boxen (humorous nonstandard plural)

Tok Pisin: bokis

→ Afrikaans: boks

→ Bengali: বাক্স (bakśo)

→ Bulgarian: бокс (boks)

→ Crimean Tatar: boks

→ Danish: boks

→ Dutch: box m

→ Faroese: boks

→ French: box m

→ German: Box f

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: बकस m (bakas), बक्सा m (baksā)

Urdu: بکس m (baks, bakas)

→ Icelandic: box n

→ Indonesian: boks

→ Irish: bosca m

→ Italian: box m

→ Japanese: ボックス (bokkusu)

→ Korean: 박스 (bakseu)

→ Maori: pāka

→ Marwari: बकस (baks, bakas)

→ Nepali: बाकस (bākas)

→ Norman: bosc m

→ Norwegian: boks m

→ Pashto: بکس (baks)

→ Persian: باکس (bâks)

→ Polish: boks m

→ Portuguese: box m

→ Russian: бокс m (boks)

→ Scottish Gaelic: bogsa m, bocsa

→ Spanish: box m

→ Swedish: box c

→ Welsh: bocs

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
Ancient Greek -ις (-is)
Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.
Late Latin buxisbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
Old English box
Middle English box
English box
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”).
The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.

rasia

compartment or receptacle for receiving items

ramme

rectangular border around an image, text, etc.

ruutu

small area on a document for a tick mark

tofu

empty box displayed by some computer systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts

Your hands rest on the bottom plane of the box, relaxed and open; forearms are parallel with the ground and elbows close to your body. Balls thrown from your right hand are aimed at the point to the left of center of the top of the box. When you hit this point the ball will land in your left hand. Balls thrown from your left hand are aimed at the point to the right of center of the top of the box.

2010 April, Michael J. Gelb, 5 Keys to High Performance: Juggle Your Way to Success, [Prince Frederick, Md.]: Gildan Digital, →ISBN, part III (The Art of Juggling: Expanding Your Influence with Spheres):

Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space

(juggling) A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape.


flat

en-adj

flat (comparative flatter, superlative flattest)

flatter (comparative)
flattest (superlative)
flatt (alternative)
flatte (alternative)

bumpy

antonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”

→ Portuguese: flat

From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt.
The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective.
The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

inh

(juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.


flash

en-verb

flash (third-person singular simple present flashes, present participle flashing, simple past and past participle flashed)

flashes (present singular third-person)
flashing (participle present)
flashed (participle past)
flashed (past)

In some senses, from Middle English flasshen, a variant of flasken, flaskien (“to sprinkle, splash”), which was likely of imitative origin; in other senses probably of North Germanic origin akin to Swedish dialectal flasa (“to burn brightly, blaze”), related to flare. Compare also Icelandic flasa (“to rush, go hastily”).

onomatopoeic

imitative


flash

en-noun

flash (countable and uncountable, plural flashes)

→ Catalan: flaix

→ Polish: flesz

onomatopoeic

imitative

(juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.


penguin

→ Assamese: পেঙ্গুইন (peṅguin)

→ Burmese: ပင်ဂွင် (panggwang)

desctree

→ Dutch: pinguïn, pinguin (superseded, dated)
Afrikaans: pikkewyn
→ French: pingouin
→ Danish: pingvin
→ Italian: pinguino
→ Persian: پنگوئن (pangu'an)
→ Portuguese: pinguim
→ Romanian: pinguin
→ Spanish: pingüino
→ Swedish: pingvin
→ Turkish: penguen

→ Hawaiian: penekuina

→ Japanese: ペンギン (pengin)

→ Khmer: ភេនឃ្វីន (pheinkhviin)

→ Korean: 펭귄 (penggwin)

→ Thai: เพนกวิน (pen-gwîn)

→ Welsh: pengwin

Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *kʷennom
Proto-Brythonic *penn
Welsh pen?
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.?
Proto-Celtic *windos
Proto-Brythonic *gwɨnn
Welsh gwyn?
Proto-Indo-European *peyH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-influ.?
Latin pinguisder.?
English penguin
Unknown; first attested in the 16th century in reference to the auk of the Northern hemisphere; the word was later applied to the superficially similar birds of the Southern hemisphere (as was woggin). Possibly from Welsh pen (“head”) and gwyn (“white”), or from Latin pinguis (“fat”). See citations and the Wikipedia article.
(nun): Because of the often black-and-white habit, resembling the bird's colors.

etymon

(juggling) A type of catch where the palm of the hand is facing towards the leg with the arm stretched downward, resembling the flipper of a penguin.


fountain

From Middle English [Term?]; from Old French fontaine (whence modern fontaine); from Late Latin fontana, from Latin fontanus, fontaneus, adjectives from fons (“source, spring”).

(juggling) A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it.


qualify

en-verb

qualify (third-person singular simple present qualifies, present participle qualifying, simple past and past participle qualified)

qualifies (present singular third-person)
qualifying (participle present)
qualified (participle past)
qualified (past)

Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.

bor+

to qualify seven balls you need at least fourteen catches

(juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.


qualify

(juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.


duplex

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.

(juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.


meteor

From Middle French météore, from Old French, from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron), from μετέωρος (metéōros, “raised from the ground, hanging, lofty”), from μετά (metá, “in the midst of, among, between”) (English meta) + ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, to heave, to raise up”).
The original sense of “atmospheric phenomenon” gave rise to meteorology, but the meaning of "meteor" is now restricted to extraterrestrial objects burning up as they enter the atmosphere.

(juggling) A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.


shower

→ Hindi: शावर (śāvar)

→ Japanese: シャワー (shawā)

→ Korean: 샤워 (syawo)

→ Pashto: شاور (šāwar)

→ Persian: شاور (šâvar) (Dari)

→ Urdu: شاوَر (śāvar)

From Middle English shour, from Old English sċūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Dutch schoer, German Schauer, Old Norse skúr, Norwegian skur, Swedish skur, Danish skur.

der

See also shower (juggling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.


baton

(gymnastics, juggling) A rod twirled in a marching band's performance, in a gymnastic sport, or in juggling.


diabolo

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Borrowed from French diabolo, from older diable (literally “devil”), fancifully altered after cognate Italian diavolo and/or their common source, Latin diabolus. First attested in the early 20th century.
The Latin noun is from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “devil”), itself derived from the verb διαβάλλω (diabállō, “to slander”, literally “to throw across”). The notion that this literal sense of “throw across” could be applied to the diabolo itself has led some commentators to assume a direct semantic connection, but there is no evidence suggesting that it is anything other than a coincidence.

der

A juggling apparatus consisting of a spool which is whirled and tossed on a string attached to handsticks.


multiplex

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From multi- + -plex or multi- + complex.

(juggling) A throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time.


pancake

en-noun

pancake (countable and uncountable, plural pancakes)

pancakes (plural)
pan cake (alternative)

→ Cantonese: 班戟 (baan¹ gik¹)

→ Mandarin: 班戟 (bānjǐ)

→ Cebuano: pankeyk

→ French: pancake

→ German: Pancake

desc

→ Hijazi Arabic: بانكيك (bānkēk, pānkēk)

→⇒ Irish: pancóg

→ Japanese: パンケーキ (pankēki)

→⇒ Khmer: នំផេនខេក (num pheenkheek)

→ Korean: 팬케이크 (paenkeikeu)

→ Nauruan: epankeik

→ Portuguese: panqueca, (dated) panqueque, (dated) pancake

→ Russian: панкейк (pankejk)

→ Spanish: (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay) panqueque, (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico) pancake, (Venezuela) panqueca

→ Thai: แพนเค้ก (pɛɛn-kéek)

→ Turkish: pankek

→ Azerbaijani: pankek

→ Yoruba: pan̄kéèkì

Inherited from Middle English pancake, panne cake, pankake, ponkake, equivalent to pan + cake.
Perhaps adapted from Middle Low German pankôke, pannekôke, from Old Saxon *pannakōko (suggested by derivatives Old Saxon pannakōkilo and pannakōkilīn), where the compound is much older; compare Old High German phankuohho (8th century), whence Middle High German phankuoche, German Pfannkuchen (“pancake”); further
Saterland Frisian Ponkouke, Ponkuuke (“pancake”), West Frisian pankoek (“pancake”), Dutch pannenkoek (“pancake”), German Low German Pannkook (“pancake”).
The juggling sense is by analogy with a pancake being tossed in a pan.

have been working on pancake throws with rings for the past few months and I have been trying to make the throws perfectly spun and as consistent as possible.

2004, Beinn Muir <bm260@nospam4me.cam.ac.uk>, “Ring juggling: pancake throws”, in rec.juggling (Usenet):

(countable, juggling) A type of throw, usually with a ring where the prop is thrown in such a way that it rotates round an axis of the diameter of the prop.


windmill

From Middle English wyndmylne, wyndmylle, equivalent to wind + mill. Cognate with Scots wyndmyln, wyndmyl, Saterland Frisian Wíendmäälne, West Frisian wynmûne, Dutch windmolen, Afrikaans windmeul, Dutch Low Saxon windmölle (Achterhooks), wiendmeule (Drents, Veluws), German Low German Windmöhl, German Windmühle, Danish vindmølle, Norwegian Bokmål vindmølle, Norwegian Nynorsk vindmølle, vindmylne, Swedish vindmölla, Icelandic vindmylla.


claw

From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish klo, Norwegian klo, and Swedish klo.

(juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.


claw

en-verb

claw (third-person singular simple present claws, present participle clawing, simple past and past participle clawed)

claws (present singular third-person)
clawing (participle present)
clawed (participle past)
clawed (past)

From Middle English clawen, from Old English clawan, clāwan, *clēn, clawian, from Proto-Germanic *klawjaną.


beanbag

beanbags (plural)
bean bag (alternative)
bean-bag (alternative)

A piece of soft furniture consisting of a leather or vinyl covering stuffed with dry beans or other similar pellets.

Does it bounce around like a superball in a hollow cavity? Or does it rapidly lose its force, like a beanbag hitting a pillow?

1992, Rick Altman, Sound theory, sound practice, page 40:

A small cloth bag filled with dry beans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands.

A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans.


overhead

en-noun

overhead (countable and uncountable, plural overheads)

From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt.

computational overhead| digital overhead

(juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.


contact juggling

Coined by James Ernest in a book of the same name.

(juggling) The art of moving a ball or balls over one's body by rolling them, with very few throws.

jonglerie de contact

The art of moving a single ball or multiple balls, as by rolling or spinning


juggle

en-verb

juggle (third-person singular simple present juggles, present participle juggling, simple past and past participle juggled)

juggles (present singular third-person)
juggling (participle present)
juggled (participle past)
juggled (past)

From Middle English jogelen, partly a back-formation of Middle English jogeler (“juggler”), and partly a borrowing from Old French jogler, jongler (“to have fun with someone”), a conflation of Latin joculāri (“to jest; joke”) and Old French jangler (“to regale; entertain; have fun; trifle with; tease; mess around; gossip; boast; meddle”), from Frankish *jangalōn (“to chit-chat with; gossip”), akin to Middle Dutch jankelen (“to murmur; whisper; mumble; grumble”), frequentative of Middle Dutch janken (“to moan; groan; complain”). Related also to Middle Low German janken (“to sigh; moan; lament”), Dutch jengelen (“to whine; whimper”) Dutch janken (“to whine; wimper”).

cog

She can juggle flaming torches.

To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.


pull-down

en-noun

pull-down (countable and uncountable, plural pull-downs)

pull-downs (plural)
pulldown (alternative)

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Another classic trick with rings is the 'pull-down'. This can only be done with rings that fit easily over your head.

1994, Haggis McLeod, KNOW THE GAME - JUGGLING, →ISBN:

2004, Luke Holman, Hardest, most tech trick on the net, May 12 2004 via Google Groups
For example, the 11 ring pulldown didn't stick in my head because I don't really juggle rings, and I have no conception of how hard it is.

(juggling) A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand.


columns

(juggling) pattern which involves throwing props in the air alternately.


cascade

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.

(juggling) A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.


chops

From the plural of chop (“jaw, side of a harbour”). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.

(juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.


bean bag

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devil sticks

devil sticks pl (normally plural, singular devil stick)

devil stick (singular)
devilsticks (alternative)
devil-sticks (alternative)

A juggling prop consisting of two hand or control sticks (dowels) and a third larger, hourglass-shaped stick (baton or center stick).


triplex

triplex (countable and uncountable, plural triplexes)

From Latin triplex. Analyzable as tri- + -plex.

(juggling) A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.


backcross

(juggling) Alternative form of back cross


cigar box

cigar boxes (plural)
cigar-box (alternative)

(juggling) A square box usually made of wood or plastic used as a juggling prop.


Mills Mess

the Mills Mess (canonical)
Mills' Mess (alternative)

From the surname of Steve Mills (the inventor of the pattern) + mess.

(juggling) A pattern that involves crossing and uncrossing the arms while juggling.


toss juggling

(juggling) A form of juggling that involves throwing props in the air and catching them, in contrast to contact juggling.

jonglerie de lancer

Form of juggling involving throwing and catching


reverse cascade

reverse cascade (plural reverse cascades)

(juggling) A pattern performed with an odd number of props where each prop is caught by the opposite hand and thrown over the incoming prop, in contrast with the traditional cascade where the prop is thrown under.


half-shower

(juggling) A pattern which consists of throwing the objects thrown by one hand over the top of the objects thrown by the other hand. Each object is thrown to the opposite hand.


Statue of Liberty

Famous tricks such as the Mills Mess, Burke's Barrage, and Rubenstein's Revenge are covered, along with fundamentals (Statue of Liberty, the Snake, the Machine, 4 4 1)[…]

1991, George Gillson, Beyond the Cascade:

(juggling) A pattern where the props are thrown from one hand to the other in a circular motion, with one hand raised significantly above the other.


false shower

(juggling) A pattern in which all the props (usually balls) are thrown in the same direction like a shower, but with the hands crossing and uncrossing.


Burke's Barrage

(juggling) A pattern involving juggling three or more props whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms.


Rubenstein's Revenge

Named by George Gillson after its inventor, Rick Rubenstein.

(juggling) A pattern involving juggling three or more props whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms, similar to Mills Mess but with a more complicated exchange of the two middle props.


ass catch

(juggling) A catch made by bending over forward with one hand between one's legs and catching the prop behind one's buttocks.


stage ball

(juggling) A type of hollow juggling ball with a hard, shiny outer shell, designed to be more visible than beanbags.


Russian ball

A type of juggling ball with a hard, shiny outer shell, filled with sand or another filler material, and designed to be more visible than beanbags.


siteswap notation

A numerical notation used to describe juggling patterns.


siteswap

siteswap (countable and uncountable, plural siteswaps)

From site + swop. The term first appears in a Summer 1991 Juggler's World article, "A Notation for Juggling Tricks" by Bruce (Boppo) Tiemann and Bengt Magnusson:
: If the juggler is thought of as juggling imaginary sites where the balls could be, as he does these tricks, which ball lands in which site is different from trick to trick. For this reason, we call these tricks "site-swaps." The number of sites is equal to the word length, and may be different from the number of balls actually being juggled.

(uncountable) A numerical notation used to describe juggling patterns, where each number represents the height and direction of a throw.


body throw

(juggling) Any throw that is made around a part of the body, as opposed to in front of the head or chest.


body catch

(juggling) Any catch that is made around or behind a part of the body, as opposed to in front of the head or chest.


reverse chops

(juggling) A pattern involving carrying each object under the next object before throwing it to the opposite hand.


back cross

back crosses (plural)
back-cross (alternative)
backcross (alternative)

(juggling) A throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back.


chin roll

(rare in the singular) A juggling maneuver where the object (usually a club) is placed and balanced on the chin and allowed to fall into the opposite hand.


head roll

(rare in the singular) A juggling maneuver where the object (usually a club) is rolled over the top of the head into the other hand.


numbers juggling

The act of juggling a large number of props as opposed to a smaller number of props with longer and/or more varied patterns.


seal dribble

Seals (the animals, not the stamp) can be trained to balance a ball on their nose.

(neologism, soccer) In soccer, a move where the player bounces the ball on their head while running at the opponent.


Boston Mess

(juggling) A pattern which consists of throwing each prop straight up whilst crossing and uncrossing one's arms.


Mike's Mess

(juggling) A pattern, usually done with three balls, which consists of throwing and catching each prop under one's non-throwing arm.


flower sticks

flower sticks pl (normally plural, singular flower stick)

As the flower sticks were not the best known of juggling items, this was fast becoming the thing which Len could make his own.

2010, Peter Cooper, April's Fools, page 68:

A set of two hand sticks and a third, softer, high-grip flower stick used for juggling.


neverthriving

From never + thriving. Included in a list of collective nouns in the Book of Saint Albans, published in 1486.

where did i go wrong? *sob, sob* i merely wanted to point out that not all neverthrivings consist of solely men, that there are some average juggling women.......who don't have testicles.

1994 April 1, labegael, “Re: What's average?”, in rec.juggling (Usenet):

For those who don't know, there was a juggling party (not quite a convention, but an informal neverthriving) in Bermuda over the weekend.

2005 April 4, Scott Seltzer, “Re: - Voting results and next theme”, in rec.juggling (Usenet):

Minnesota Neverthriving (15th-century jargon for a company of jugglers) meets in south Minneapolis.

2012 October 30, Jeff Strickler, “Juggling is bouncing back”, in Star Tribune:

(very rare, often humorous) A group of jugglers.


mouthstick

A rodlike prop used by jugglers, held between the teeth and primarily used for balancing objects on.


tranka

A long cylindrical box that is balanced on a person's feet as part of a juggling performance.


vertax

A juggling maneuver in which the diabolo is turned to spin while vertical.


devil stick

(in particular) The center stick or baton in devil sticks.


center stick

(juggling) The baton in a devil sticks set.