circus

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.”

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.”

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

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

(World War II) 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.

Circuit; space; enclosure.

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