turn

→ Japanese: ターン (tān)

Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin turnus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.

պտույտ

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

360° turn

movement about an axis returning to the original orientation

the first turn of the screw pays all debts

Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances.

1960, Theatre Notebook, volumes 14-16, page 122:

(circus, theater, especially physical comedy) A short skit, act, or routine.

numero

circus, theatre: short skit, act, or routine


joey

From Joseph Grimaldi (1778–1837), a popular English entertainer.


piste

nl-noun

piste f (plural pistes, diminutive pistetje n)

pistes (plural)
pistetje (diminutive neuter)


silk

en-noun

silk (countable and uncountable, plural silks)

From Middle English silk, sylk, selk, selc, from Old English sioloc, seoloc, seolc (“silk”). The immediate source is uncertain; it probably reached English via the Baltic trade routes (cognates in Old Norse silki (> Danish silke, Swedish silke (“silk”)), Russian шёлк (šolk), obsolete Lithuanian zilkaĩ), all ultimately from Late Latin sēricus, from Ancient Greek σηρικός (sērikós), ultimately from an Oriental language (represented now by e.g. Chinese 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”)). Compare Seres. Doublet of seric and serge.

you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear

(circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.


punk

punk (countable and uncountable, plural punks)

Uncertain. Possibly from punk ("rotten wood dust used as tinder", attested since 1678; see Etymology 2 below) to anything worthless (attested since 1869) and then to any undesirable person (since 1908).

gl

(countable, US slang) A worthless person, particularly:

(circus slang) A young, untrained animal or worker.

A worthless person
A young, untrained animal or worker.


вольт

ru-noun+

вольт • (volʹt) m inan (genitive во́льта, nominative plural во́льты, genitive plural во́льтов)

volʹt (romanization)
во́льта (genitive)
во́льты (nominative plural)
во́льтов (genitive plural)
во́льт (nominative singular)
во́льты (nominative plural)
во́льта (genitive singular)
во́льтов (genitive plural)
во́льту (dative singular)
во́льтам (dative plural)
во́льт (accusative singular)
во́льты (accusative plural)
во́льтом (instrumental singular)
во́льтами (instrumental plural)
во́льте (prepositional singular)
во́льтах (plural prepositional)

(circus) circle (by riders in the circus stage)


human pyramid

(circus) A formation of triangular shape with one or a small number of performers supporting a large number of other performers.


Manege

de-noun

Manege f (genitive Manege, plural Manegen)

Manege (genitive)
Manegen (plural)
Manege (nominative singular)
Manegen (definite nominative plural)
Manege (genitive singular)
Manegen (definite genitive plural)
Manege (dative singular)
Manegen (dative definite plural)
Manege (accusative singular)
Manegen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French manège, from Italian maneggio, from maneggiare.


Dompteur

Dompteur m (strong, genitive Dompteurs, plural Dompteure, feminine Dompteurin or Dompteuse)

Dompteurs (genitive)
Dompteure (plural)
Dompteurin (feminine)
Dompteuse (feminine)
Dompteur (nominative singular)
Dompteure (definite nominative plural)
Dompteurs (genitive singular)
Dompteure (definite genitive plural)
Dompteur (dative singular)
Dompteuren (dative definite plural)
Dompteur (accusative singular)
Dompteure (accusative definite plural)


bat away

en-verb

bat away (third-person singular simple present bats away, present participle batting away, simple past and past participle batted away)

bats away (present singular third-person)
batting away (participle present)
batted away (participle past)
batted away (past)

(US, circus slang) To use any means to take the money of participants in a circus gaming attraction.


kinker

[…] the high trapeze "kinkers" go through their "flying" act; but in a montage treatment of filming the children's trip to the circus, it could be used with striking effect as a comment on their imitation of the thrilling action.

1933, Amateur Movie Makers, volume 8, page 150:

"So, what's the vernacular then?" I say finally. ¶ "They're called kinkers," says Camel..."don't you go calling them 'kinkers' to their faces, neither." ¶ "What do I call them?" ¶ "Performers...There's them and there's us, and you're us," says Camel.

2006, Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, pages 36–37:

(circus, slang) A performer in a circus.


understander

He was a strongman and an understander for the acrobats.

(circus, acrobatics) One who physically supports a formation of acrobats, as a human pyramid.


German wheel

First is the German Wheel, two metal hoops six feet in circumference, joined at six points. Inside, gymnast Chris Lashua rolls, turns and spins through a series of gravity-defying somersaults and acrobatics.

1997 February, “Big Top For Your Head”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 36:

(circus arts) An apparatus made up of two large, usually steel rings joined together by a set of parallel steel bars.

roue allemande

An apparatus made of two large rings joined by a set of parallel bars.


Russian bar

(circus arts) A gymnastics-style beam held by two porters used to do gymnastics-style tricks.


wheel of death

(circus) A hollow wheel larger than a person, attached to and suspended from an axle, and inside of which an artist performs.

rueda de la muerte

large hollow wheel inside which an artist performs


каскад

ru-noun+

каска́д • (kaskád) m inan (genitive каска́да, nominative plural каска́ды, genitive plural каска́дов, relational adjective каска́дный)

каска́д (canonical)
kaskád (romanization)
каска́да (genitive)
каска́ды (nominative plural)
каска́дов (genitive plural)
каска́дный (adjective relational)
каска́д (nominative singular)
каска́ды (nominative plural)
каска́да (genitive singular)
каска́дов (genitive plural)
каска́ду (dative singular)
каска́дам (dative plural)
каска́д (accusative singular)
каска́ды (accusative plural)
каска́дом (instrumental singular)
каска́дами (instrumental plural)
каска́де (prepositional singular)
каска́дах (plural prepositional)


реприза

репри́за • (repríza) f inan (genitive репри́зы, nominative plural репри́зы, genitive plural репри́з)

репри́за (canonical)
repríza (romanization)
репри́зы (genitive)
репри́зы (nominative plural)
репри́з (genitive plural)
репри́за (nominative singular)
репри́зы (nominative plural)
репри́зы (genitive singular)
репри́з (genitive plural)
репри́зе (dative singular)
репри́зам (dative plural)
репри́зу (accusative singular)
репри́зы (accusative plural)
репри́зой (instrumental singular)
репри́зою (instrumental singular)
репри́зами (instrumental plural)
репри́зе (prepositional singular)
репри́зах (plural prepositional)


under-stander

(circus) One who is at the base of a formation of acrobats in a performance, as of a human pyramid.


ковёрный

ковёрный • (kovjórnyj) m anim (genitive ковёрного, nominative plural ковёрные, genitive plural ковёрных)

kovjórnyj (romanization)
ковёрного (genitive)
ковёрные (nominative plural)
ковёрных (genitive plural)
ковёрный (nominative singular)
ковёрные (nominative plural)
ковёрного (genitive singular)
ковёрных (genitive plural)
ковёрному (dative singular)
ковёрным (dative plural)
ковёрного (accusative singular)
ковёрных (accusative plural)
ковёрным (instrumental singular)
ковёрными (instrumental plural)
ковёрном (prepositional singular)
ковёрных (plural prepositional)

(circus) entr'acte performer (typically, during a carpet change)


антре

bg-noun

антре́ • (antré) n

антре́ (canonical)
antré (romanization)
антре́ (indefinite singular)
антре́та (indefinite plural)
антре́то (definite singular)
антре́тата (definite plural)

(theater, circus) a short comical or satirical dialogue or pantomime displayed before the main event of a circus.