English-Dutch translations for circus

• circus
  Is er een circus gaande buiten deze vergaderzaal? Outside this Chamber do we have a circus?
  Het is tijd dat we een eind maken aan dit ongezonde circus. It is time we stopped this unhealthy circus.
  Aan het "circus” moet uiteraard een einde komen! As for the 'circus', it should obviously stop!

Definition of 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.
• A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet
• A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place
• In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing
• Circuit; space; enclosure
• To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus

Examples

• The circus will be in town next week
• Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street

Related words

• circusless
• circus director
• circus ring
• circus performer
• circus menagerie
• circus parade
• media circus
• flying circus
• flea circus