"he ran away from home to join the circus"
a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals;"the children always love to go to the circus"
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"
(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial gamesan 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"
a genus of haws comprising the harriers