jugglery
Deceptive hand skills
Jugglery is the art or practice of juggling, or more broadly, any display of skillful manipulation.
The word usually carries connotations of trickery or deception—sleight of hand meant to mislead: financial jugglery, legal jugglery.
Someone accused of jugglery is performing clever maneuvers to obscure the truth or circumvent rules.
Traveling entertainment with performers
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- acrobatAgile circus performer
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- spectacleVisually striking event
carnival · variety show · street performer · busker · festival · troupe · act · audience
Deliberate deception or fraud
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
dupery · subterfuge · deceit · imposture · fakery · sham · feint · duplicity
Supernatural or illusory power
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
optical illusion · deception · wonder · mystification · enchantment · spellbinding · smoke and mirrors · wizardry
Skillful hand coordination
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- nimblenessEase of quick movement
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
manipulation · agility · hand-eye coordination · timing · balance · control · technique · proficiency
circus
Traveling entertainment with performers
spectacle · carnival · variety show · street performer · busker · festival · troupe · act · audience · ringmaster
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- chicaneryDeception through clever manipulation
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
guile · dupery · subterfuge · deceit · imposture · fakery · sham · feint · duplicity · hocus-pocus
magic
Supernatural or illusory power
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
misdirection · optical illusion · deception · wonder · mystification · enchantment · spellbinding · smoke and mirrors · wizardry · sorcery
dexterity
Skillful hand coordination
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- nimblenessEase of quick movement
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
precision · manipulation · agility · hand-eye coordination · timing · balance · control · technique · proficiency · tossing
jugglerysincerity
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
honesty · candor · forthrightness · guilelessness · directness
jugglerynaturalness
Unaffected, uncontrived quality
simplicity · unaffectedness · artlessness · plainness · naivety