circus
n 1: a travelling company of entertainers; including trained
animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus"
2: 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 circus or carnival; "it was so funny it
was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival
atmosphere" [syn: {carnival}]
4: (ancient Rome) an open-air stadium for chariot races and
gladiatorial games
5: 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}]