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; it was so funny it was a circus; the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere
[ Syn: carnival ]
(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
[ Syn: circus , genus circus ]