Meaning & Definition of Circus in English

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"

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