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Meaning of circus

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  circus
      n 1: a travelling company of entertainers; including trained
           animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus"
      2: a 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 large public entertainment; "it was so funny
         it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival
         atmosphere" [syn: {circus}, {carnival}]
      4: (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and
         gladiatorial games
      5: 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"
      6: a genus of haws comprising the harriers [syn: {Circus},
         {genus Circus}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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