Circus - Definition
circus
n 1: a travelling company of entertainers; including trained
animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus"
2: a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats,
clowns, and trained animals; "the children always love to go
to the circus"
3: a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance
suggestive of a large public entertainment; "it was so funny
it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival
atmosphere" [syn: circus, carnival]
4: (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and
gladiatorial games
5: 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: a genus of haws comprising the harriers [syn: Circus,
genus Circus]