Carnival - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment (syn: circus)
Extra examples
That part of town is a carnival on Friday and Saturday nights.
There is a carnival atmosphere in the office.
The garden became a carnival of color.
...a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes...
...a wandering carnival that visited small towns all over the South...
Shakespeare's carnival of images
We stood and watched the Carnival floats drive past.
The carnival will go down in history (=be remembered for many years) as one of the best ever.
I managed to get some good shots of the carnival.
The carnival parade is timetabled for 12.00 on both days.
...I think we've been hornswoggled by that carnival barker....
...carnival sharpers eager to relieve the yokels of their money...
Word forms
singular: carnival
plural: carnivals
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