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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
big top
noun
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▪ I put it on under a big top in 1967, not far from Ramatuelle on the Cte d'Azur.
▪ Market traders were put out when it was announced they would be losing their pitches to accommodate the big top.
▪ The activity centres around the big top in Stockton High Street offering free all day entertainment with live broadcasts and personal appearances.
▪ Yet no one walked out of the big top, there were no fundamentalist pickets outside, no attempts to disrupt the service.
Wiktionary
big top

n. 1 A circus tent, especially the largest in a given circus, where the central attractions take place. 2 The circus; the circus lifestyle.

WordNet
big top

n. 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, round top, top]

Wikipedia
Big Top

Big Top may refer to:

  • The biggest tent in early-20th century circuses, where the circus itself took place
  • Big Top (Transformers), a Transformers character
  • Big Top (1950 TV series), a children's television series in the 1950s
  • Big Top (2009 TV series), a BBC comedy series
  • Big Top (video game), a 1983 computer game
  • Big Top (comic strip), a comic strip by Rob Harrell
  • "Big Top" (Dead Zone), an episode of The Dead Zone TV series
  • Bigtop Records, a record label
  • Big Top (album), a 2000 album by free jazz drummer Whit Dickey
  • Big Top Sydney, an entertainment and concert venue in Luna Park, Sydney
Big Top (U.S. TV series)

Big Top was a children's television show that aired on CBS from July 1, 1950 to 1957. The cast included Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's longtime sidekick, as Ed the Clown and America's Most Muscular Man Dan Lurie as "Sealtest Dan The Muscle Man". The series first aired in Primetime from its debut until January 6, 1951, it then moved to Saturday mornings for the remainder of its run, The program originated live from the Camden, New Jersey Convention Hall.

Big Top (video game)

Big Top is a 1983 ladder-climbing platform game for the IBM PC family of computers, written by Michael Abrash and published by Funtastic. The game has elements similar to another platform game released the same year, Sammy Lightfoot from Sierra On-line.

Big Top (UK TV series)

Big Top was a BBC television situation comedy series which first aired on 25 November 2009 and was set in and around a travelling circus, the show aired on BBC One and BBC HD simultaneously. The series revolved around the performers and backstage staff of Circus Maestro. The series consisted of six episodes, each thirty minutes in length. Big Top was not recommissioned for a second series and was formally cancelled by the BBC in February 2010.

Big Top (album)

Big Top is the second album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, which was recorded in 1999 and released on Wobbly Rail, a short-lived imprint started by Merge Records/ Superchunk principal Mac McCaughan. For this record, Dickey expanded to a quartet consisting of the trio with whom he recorded Transonic, with the addition of guitarist Joe Morris. They played Eric Dolphy composition "The Prophet", from the album At the Five Spot, and Thelonious Monk's "Skippy".