Definition of Circus

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Circus

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.

A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.

Circuit; space; inclosure.

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Circus Quotations

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.
George Carlin

So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.
Woodrow Wilson

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
H. L. Mencken

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing.
Christopher Walken

Damn everything but the circus.
Corita Kent

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
E. B. White

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.
Erica Jong

There's a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus... it's where all the freaks go - it's the environment for me.
Brian Molko

The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about.
Guy Laliberte

Circus Translations

circus in Dutch is circus
circus in Finnish is sirkus
circus in French is cirque
circus in German is Zirkus
circus in Italian is circo
circus in Spanish is circo
circus in Swedish is cirkus

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