circus
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈsɜrkəs/
- Informal
:
circo
- After the unexpected announcement, the office turned into a circus with everyone rushing around in a frenzy.
- media circus
Kind of like a family circus like action sports vibe.
- Kind of like a family circus like action sports vibe.
- He looked like a biker, circus like rock star.
- You know, it's that's where the joy, that's where the circus is.
- And it, it has AI think of it as a circus.
- And so it'll feel fun, like, OK, we'll have a circus.
- Damn that sound like a ghetto circus right there.
- For me, the story of a book is like the marquee of a circus.
Examples
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The debate quickly became a circus, with candidates shouting over each other and making wild accusations.
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Smith asked us not to make a circus of it, and we'll try.
Fiction book (1990) -
Your life is like a circus maybe.
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So it was like a a circus going from town to town.
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Well, when you show up in a a village somewhere in a developing country, you are the circus coming to town.
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You can imagine the media circus they created by doing so.
Fiction book (1995) -
The time has come to end this circus.
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The point is, Trump has been indicted, and tomorrow the circus is coming to town.
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So this thing becomes a media circus, we got people coming in from all across the U nited States.
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Every politician dances to the tune like a circus monkey to their biggest donor.
Synonyms
24
3.2
A noisy, wild, and disorganized situation like a street festival
2
5.4
A situation with confusion and many things happening at once
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7.0
A very messy and badly organized event or situation
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4.2
A noisy, chaotic event with people everywhere
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A situation where different people bring the same problems
Compounds
- Specialized
A large hawk-like bird that hunts over marshes in Europe, Asia, and northern Africa
- Specialized
A brown European bird of prey with a slim body and long wings often seen over fields
How Chaotic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Circus meaning a chaotic or noisy situation comes from the idea of a loud, busy show in a ring. The word comes from an old Latin circus meaning 'ring', so calling something a circus suggests the same noisy, spectacular scene you see at a show.