carnival

n 1: a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

2: a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance

suggestive of a circus or carnival; "it was so funny it

was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival

atmosphere" [syn: {circus}]

3: a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of

skill etc. [syn: {fair}, {funfair}]