[noun] a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus"
[noun] performance given by a traveling company of acrobats clowns and trained animals; "the children always love to go to the circus"
[noun] 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" Synonyms:carnival
[noun] (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
[noun] 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"
[noun] a genus of haws comprising the harriers Synonyms:Circus, genus Circus
