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"
a genus of haws comprising the harriers
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"
(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals; "he ran away from home to join the circus"
(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
a connection made via the internet to another website; "WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
a dose of a narcotic drug
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
hit the intended target or goal
consume to excess; "hit the bottle"
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"
the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"
the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"
the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
(usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"