circus
/ˈsɜːkəs/
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent; A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet; A spectacle; a noisy fuss
- plural
- circuses
Meanings
- 1
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent
Mary is a circus artist.
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Tom is a circus artist.
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- 2
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet
- 3
A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place
- 4
An undertaking or arrangement
- 5
A group of puffinsrare
- 6
In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racingrare
- 7
A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concernedrare
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Circuit; space; enclosurerare