juggler
Keeps objects airborne
A juggler is someone who tosses and catches multiple objects in a continuous pattern, keeping several items airborne at once: The street juggler kept five balls in the air.
By extension, anyone managing multiple demands simultaneously juggles them: She's a juggler of career, kids, and grad school.
The verb is juggle.
Round solid objects
- clubsHeavy striking sticks
- ringsCircular bands worn
- torchesPortable fire on poles
- knivesEdged cutting instruments
chainsaws · bowling pins · diabolo · devil sticks · cigar boxes · scarves · beanbags · machetes
Skillful hand coordination
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- timingArt of choosing moments
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- agilityQuickness and ease
precision · finesse · hand-eye · practice · control · balance · synchronization · multitasking
Public-space entertainer seeking donations
- street performerPublic entertainer seeking tips
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- vaudevillianVariety show performer
- trouperDependable theatrical veteran
showman · magician · mime · acrobat · court jester · fool · harlequin
Main circus tent
- ringmasterCircus performance director
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- sideshowSecondary carnival attraction
tent · performance · act · unicycle · stilts · tightrope · marquee · spectacle
Successive downward flow
- fountainWater-spouting structure
- showerWater spray for bathing
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- multiplexMulti-screen movie theater
flash · qualify · passing · solo · synchronous · asynchronous
One handling multiple duties
- balancing actManaging multiple competing priorities
- spinning platesBalancing rotating dishes aloft
- overcommittedPledged beyond capacity
- stretched thinExtended beyond comfortable limits
wearing many hats · demands · priorities · responsibilities · workload · time management · overwhelmed
balls
Round solid objects
knives · chainsaws · bowling pins · diabolo · devil sticks · cigar boxes · scarves · beanbags · machetes · plates
dexterity
Skillful hand coordination
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- timingArt of choosing moments
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
agility · precision · finesse · hand-eye · practice · control · balance · synchronization · multitasking · concentration
busker
Public-space entertainer seeking donations
- street performerPublic entertainer seeking tips
- entertainerOne who amuses others
- vaudevillianVariety show performer
trouper · showman · magician · mime · acrobat · court jester · fool · harlequin
big top
Main circus tent
- ringmasterCircus performance director
- trapezeSuspended acrobatic bar
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
sideshow · tent · performance · act · unicycle · stilts · tightrope · marquee · spectacle · caravan
cascade
Successive downward flow
multiplex · flash · qualify · passing · solo · synchronous · asynchronous
multitasker
One handling multiple duties
- balancing actManaging multiple competing priorities
- spinning platesBalancing rotating dishes aloft
- overcommittedPledged beyond capacity
wearing many hats · stretched thin · demands · priorities · responsibilities · workload · time management · overwhelmed
- carnivalparade, costume, float, ferris wheel, roller coaster
- circus termstrapeze artist, lion tamer, big top, tightrope walker, strongman
- circus workersacrobat, clown, ringmaster, trapeze artist, lion tamer
- parade performersdrum major, majorette, baton twirler, color guard, flag bearer
- Renaissance fairjousting, mead, turkey leg, jester, knights
- skilled handssurgeon, jeweler, watchmaker, seamstress, tailor
jugglermagician
Performer of illusions
illusionist · mime · acrobat · clown · musician
jugglerklutz
Awkward, graceless person
butterfingers · fumbler · dropper · bumbler · all thumbs
- juggling actManaging competing demands simultaneously
- juggling work
- juggling ballsProps for toss-and-catch routines
- fire jugglingTossing and catching torches
- knife jugglingTossing and catching blades
- juggling routinesChoreographed object-throwing sequences