Meaning of circus In English

• 0 a group of travelling performers including acrobats (= people skilled in difficult physical movements) or those who work with trained animals, or a performance by such people usually in a large tent:

  • She ran away to join the circus.

  • The horses trotted into the circus ring (= the large circle, with seats all around, in which a circus performs).

  • The children loved being taken to the circus.

• 1 a lot of activity and interest caused by an event or situation:

  • the media circus surrounding the case

• 2 an open circular area where several roads join:

  • Piccadilly Circus

  • Oxford Circus

• 3 a group of traveling entertainers including acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, or a performance by such a group, often in a tent:

  • He quit school in the eighth grade to join the circus.

  • We saw the circus set up in a tent in the middle of the city.

  • The media circus covering the trial took over the courthouse steps.