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CIRCUS

Definition:

1. [noun] a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus"
   
   
2. [noun] performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals; "the children always love to go to the circus"
   
   
3. [noun] a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a circus or carnival; "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
   Synonyms: carnival
   
   
4. [noun] (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
   
   
5. [noun] an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent; "they used the elephants to help put up the circus"
   
   
6. [noun] a genus of haws comprising the harriers
   Synonyms: Circus, genus Circus
   
   

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Related Words:

• three-ring circus

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