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Circus

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Noun

1. circus

a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals

Example Sentences:
'he ran away from home to join the circus'

2. circus

a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals

Example Sentences:
'the children always love to go to the circus'

3. carnival, circus

a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

Example Sentences:
'it was so funny it was a circus'
'the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere'

4. circus

(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games

5. circus

an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent

Example Sentences:
'they used the elephants to help put up the circus'

6. circus, genus circus

a genus of haws comprising the harriers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Circus

see synonyms of circus
noun plural -cuses
1. 
a travelling company of entertainers such as acrobats, clowns, trapeze artistes, and trained animals
2. 
a public performance given by such a company
3. 
an oval or circular arena, usually tented and surrounded by tiers of seats, in which such a performance is held
4. 
a travelling group of professional sportsmen
a cricket circus
5. (in ancient Rome)
a. 
an open-air stadium, usually oval or oblong, for chariot races or public games
b. 
the games themselves
6. British
a. 
an open place, usually circular, in a town, where several streets converge
b. 
(capital when part of a name)
Piccadilly Circus
7. informal
noisy or rowdy behaviour
8. informal
a person or group of people whose behaviour is wild, disorganized, or (esp unintentionally) comic

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Circus

see synonyms of circus
noun
1. 
in ancient Rome, an oval or oblong arena with tiers of seats around it, used as for games or chariot races
2. 
a similar arena, often enclosed in a tent or building for performances by acrobats, trained animals, clowns, etc.
3. 
a traveling show of this sort or its personnel, equipment, etc.
4. 
the performance of such a show
5.  British
a circular open place where many streets come together
used esp. in place names
6.  US, Informal
anything thought of as being like a circus, as an event, place, or activity that is riotously entertaining, spectacular, frenzied, disorganized, etc.
a media circus

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Circus

see synonyms of circus
n.
1.
a. A public entertainment consisting typically of a variety of performances by acrobats, clowns, and often trained animals.
b. A traveling company that performs such entertainments.
c. A circular arena, surrounded by tiers of seats and often covered by a tent, in which such shows are performed.
2. A roofless oval enclosure surrounded by tiers of seats that was used in antiquity for public spectacles.
3. Chiefly British An open circular place where several streets intersect.
4. Informal Something suggestive of a circus, as in frenetic activity or noisy disorder: "I was amazed at the amount of hubbub in the lobby ... it was a circus. The check-in area brought to mind a mustering station on a foundering cruise ship" (Bill Bryson).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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