| circus | | |
| n. (group) | 1. circus | a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals.; "he ran away from home to join the circus" |
| ~ troupe, company | organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical).; "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel" |
| n. (act) | 2. circus | a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals.; "the children always love to go to the circus" |
| ~ three-ring circus | a circus with simultaneous performances in three rings. |
| ~ show | the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining.; "a remarkable show of skill" |
| n. (act) | 3. carnival, 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" |
| ~ disturbance | the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. circus | (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games. |
| ~ sports stadium, stadium, arena, bowl | a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. |
| ~ capital of italy, eternal city, italian capital, rome, roma | capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. |
| ~ antiquity | the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. circus | an 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" |
| ~ scene of action, arena | a playing field where sports events take place. |
| ~ big top, circus tent, round top, top | a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance.; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour" |
| n. (animal) | 6. circus, genus circus | a genus of haws comprising the harriers. |
| ~ bird genus | a genus of birds. |
| ~ accipitridae, family accipitridae | hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles. |
| ~ harrier | hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals. |
| ~ circus aeruginosus, marsh harrier | Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions. |
| ~ circus pygargus, montagu's harrier | brownish European harrier. |
| ~ circus cyaneus, hen harrier, marsh hawk, northern harrier | common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land. |
| somersault | | |
| n. (act) | 1. flip, somersault, somersaulting, somerset, summersault, summerset | an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return. |
| ~ tumble | an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end. |
| ~ flip-flop | a backward somersault. |
| v. (motion) | 2. somersault | do a somersault. |
| ~ roll over | make a rolling motion or turn.; "The dog rolled over" |
| tumble | | |
| n. (act) | 1. tumble | an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end. |
| ~ acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt | a stunt performed by an acrobat. |
| ~ flip, somersault, somersaulting, summersault, summerset, somerset | an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return. |
| n. (act) | 2. fall, spill, tumble | a sudden drop from an upright position.; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" |
| ~ pratfall | a fall onto your buttocks. |
| ~ wipeout | a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard). |
| ~ trip, slip | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall.; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" |
| v. (motion) | 3. topple, tumble | fall down, as if collapsing.; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| ~ keel over | turn over and fall.; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over" |
| v. (motion) | 4. tip, topple, tumble | cause to topple or tumble by pushing. |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (motion) | 5. tumble | roll over and over, back and forth. |
| ~ roll over | make a rolling motion or turn.; "The dog rolled over" |
| v. (motion) | 6. tumble, whirl, whirl around | fly around.; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 7. break down, collapse, crumble, crumple, tumble | fall apart.; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| v. (contact) | 8. tumble | throw together in a confused mass.; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern" |
| ~ throw together, jumble, scramble | bring into random order. |
| v. (cognition) | 9. catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig | understand, usually after some initial difficulty.; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" |
| ~ apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
| v. (change) | 10. tumble | fall suddenly and sharply.; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency" |
| ~ drop | go down in value.; "Stock prices dropped" |
| v. (change) | 11. tumble | put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying.; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry" |
| ~ toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| v. (change) | 12. tumble | suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat. |
| ~ decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| v. (body) | 13. tumble | do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully. |
| ~ exercise, work out | do physical exercise.; "She works out in the gym every day" |
| ~ roll | execute a roll, in tumbling.; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" |
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