Circus - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɜːrkəs|  American pronunciation of the word circus
Brit.  |ˈsɜːkəs|  British pronunciation of the word circus

noun

- a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
he ran away from home to join the circus
- a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
the children always love to go to the circus
- a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment (syn: carnival)
it was so funny it was a circus
- (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- 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
- a genus of haws comprising the harriers

Extra examples

He worked for a small circus.

We're going to the circus.

Piccadilly Circus

Oxford Circus

The first day of school is always such a circus.

The trial has turned into a media circus.

There were a lot of families at the circus.

The child's eyes were filled with wonder during the trip to the circus.

The circus lion jumped through the hoop.

My first ambition as a child was to be in the circus.

...the farcical behavior of the troupe of circus clowns...

...in its heyday, the circus was a major form of entertainment for small-town America...

...the laughable, boisterous antics of the circus clowns...

Circus performers still thrill audiences today.

Most visitors to London gravitate to Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square.

Word forms

noun
singular: circus
plural: circuses
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