circus

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

circusescircussescirci

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.
The circus will be in town next week.
2.
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
3.
(figuratively)(figurative) A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
4.
(dated, slang)An undertaking or arrangement.
5.
(historical)In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
6.
(military, World War II) 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 concerned.
7.
(obsolete)Circuit; space; enclosure.

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verb

V_es/s

circuses

V_ing/Gerund

circusses

V_ed/pp

circusingcircussing

1.
To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus.

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ine-pro From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (ring, circle), from Ancient Greek κρίκος, κίρκος (ring), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to bend, turn). cirque. Cognate with hring (whence ring) and hringsetl.