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circus

SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

  • Kanada//ˈsɝkəs//
  • Australien//ˈsɜːkəs//
  • Neuseeland//søːkəs//
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  • //seːkəs//

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.

    The circus will be in town next week.

  2. 2

    A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.

    Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.

  3. 3

    übertragenA spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.

    The village would be turned into a circus over this. He groaned, it was just the sort of case the media had a field day over. He had to get the whole thing sorted fast before anyone got wind of it.

  4. 4

    veraltendAn undertaking or arrangement.

    "Right you are; I'll put him wise," undertook Nickle briskly. "After all, it's entirely your circus. Shall we stay here and—"

  5. 5

    seltenA group of puffins.

    The circus of puffins were pictured by Alana Willox who was out on a walk at the Bullers of Buchan in Buchan, Aberdeenshire on Sunday.

    A 'CIRCUS' of puffins will take flight to their new perches over the next few days, after their official unveiling at Government House.

  6. 6

    historischIn the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.

  7. 7

    A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.

  8. 8

    veraltetCircuit; space; enclosure.

    The narrow circus of my dungeon wall.

Herkunft

From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”).

Verb

  1. 1

    To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus.

Formen

Plural
circuses, circusses, circi
Präteritum
circused, circussed
Partizip II
circused, circussed
Partizip I
circusing, circussing
3. Person Singular
circuses, circusses
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