big top

2 definitions found

big top - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  big top
      n 1: 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" [syn:
           circus tent, big top, round top, top]

big top - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "big top":
     burlesque show, carnival, circus, coochie show, fantoccini,
     floor show, galanty show, girly show, hootchy-kootchy show,
     leg show, light show, magic show, ombres chinoises, peep show,
     puppet show, raree-show, rep show, repertory show, rodeo,
     shadow show, sideshow, the big top, variety show,
     vaudeville show