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Definition: Big Top |
Big TopNoun1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Big TopSynonyms: circus tent (n), round top (n), top (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Big Top |
| English words defined with "big top": arrive ♦ circus tent ♦ get in, go far ♦ make it ♦ round top ♦ top. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "big top": fat electrons ♦ Horse-laugh ♦ TELNET. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Under the big top world ("FAITHFULLY"; performing artist: Journey) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Big Top (1965) Bozo's Big Top Circus! (1961) Big Top Bunny (1951) Tops in the Big Top (1945) The Big Top (1944) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Under the big top.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
big top | 78 |
big top video | 36 |
circus big top | 17 |
big top tent | 11 |
under the big top | 7 |
big top pee wee | 6 |
big top cabaret | 6 |
big top tent rental | 5 |
big top production | 5 |
big top tit | 5 |
20 big top | 3 |
100 big top | 3 |
big top up | 3 |
bayfield big top | 2 |
little people big top train | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "big top"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خيمة سرك ضخمة الحجم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | голяма палатка (marquee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | šapitó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grande tente de cirque, chapiteau. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zirkus (circus, fuss, to-do), zelt (canopy, marquee, pavilion, teepee, tent, wigwam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τέντα του τσίρκου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | או"ל '"ול (marquee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cirkuszi sátor (circus tent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tendone (marquee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | igbay optay tenda de circo. (various references) большая палатка (circus tent, marquee). (various references) cirkuski šator (circus tent). (various references) tienda principal, carpa de circo. (various references) cirkustält (circus marquee, circus tent). (various references) sirk çadırı, sirk (circus, hippodrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-o-p-t" | |
-1 letter: bigot. | |
-2 letters: obit, topi. | |
-3 letters: big, bio, bit, bog, bop, bot, gib, gip, git, gob, got, obi, opt, pig, pit, poi, pot, tip, tog, top. | |
-4 letters: bi, bo, go, it, op, pi, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-o-p-t" | |
+1 letter: pigboat. | |
+2 letters: pigboats. | |
+3 letters: probating. | |
+4 letters: potboiling. | |
+5 letters: approbating, haptoglobin, prohibiting, reprobating. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 67      54 6F 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01100111 00100000 01010100 01101111 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i g   T o p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 0067      0054 006F 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3675732548182 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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