Definitions for circus
ˈsɜr kəscir·cus

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

circus(Noun)
A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
The circus will be in town next week.
circus(Noun)
A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
circus(Noun)
In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
circus(Noun)
A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
circus(Noun)
Circuit; space; enclosure.
The narrow circus of my dungeon wall. uE000165148uE001 Byron.

Circus(noun)
a level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows
Circus(noun)
a circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage
Circus(noun)
circuit; space; inclosure

Origin: [L. circus circle, ring, circus (in sense 1). See Circle, and cf. Cirque.]

Circus
A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists. The word also describes the performance that they give, which is usually a series of acts choreographed to music and introduced by a ringmaster. A traditional circus performance is normally held in a ring 13 m in diameter. This dimension was adopted by Philip Astley to enable a horse rider to stand upright on a cantering horse to perform a series of acrobatic maneuvers and to more easily retain their balance. Circuses often have a system of tiered seating around the ring for the public; since the late 19th to early 20th century, many circus performances have taken place under large tents commonly referred to as "The Big Top".

Circus
sėr′kus, n. a circular building for the exhibition of games: a place for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship: a group of houses arranged in the form of a circle: applied to nature, as, e.g., high hills surrounding a plain.—n. Cirque (sėrk), a circus: a ring of some sort. [L. circus; cog. with Gr. kirkos.]

circus
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of circus in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of circus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Robert Mueller:
I'm not a circus bear.
James Barrett Scotty Reston:
Half circus and half Supreme Court.
Jerry Coleman:
Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.
Ingrid Newkirk:
If the decision is serious, then the circus needs to do it NOW.
H. L. Mencken:
Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.