Meaning

2 senses
  1. A large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.

    a circus with simultaneous performances in three rings

  2. (broadly, idiomatic)A disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement.

Forms

plural: three-ring circuses

Synonyms

2 synonyms
idiomatic: disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation:commotion

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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