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Big Top

Definition: Big Top

Big Top

Noun

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Big Top

Synonyms: circus tent (n), round top (n), top (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Big Top

English words defined with "big top": arrivecircus tentget in, go farmake itround toptop. (references)
Specialty definitions using "big top": fat electronsHorse-laughTELNET. (references)

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Modern Usage: Big Top

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Big Top

DomainTitle

Books

  • Circuses: Under the Big Top (First Book) (reference)

  • High Adventures Series Set 1: Wild Wind, Burning of the Big Top, Crash at Sea, a Load of Danger, Horse Power (404-2) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Big Top

Computer Images:
Big Top

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Photo Album: Big Top

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Under the big top.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Big Top

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translations: Big Top

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

   

Portuguese

  

tenda de circo. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

большая палатка (circus tent, marquee). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

cirkuski šator (circus tent). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tienda principal, carpa de circo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

cirkustält (circus marquee, circus tent). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sirk çadırı, sirk (circus, hippodrome). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Big Top

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Big Top


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 69 67      54 6F 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101001 01100111 00100000 01010100 01101111 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#105 &#103 &#32 &#84 &#111 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0069 0067      0054 006F 0070

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3675732548182

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INDEX

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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