How to pronounce circus

Noun

• 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”

  Synonyms: 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

  Synonyms: genus