Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying circus

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: fly-ing -cir-cus
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A German fighter wing in World War I.

noun

A troupe performing barnstorming (stunt airplane flying).

Example Sentences

"Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1), the Red Baron's Flying Circus"

Inflected Forms

flying circuses (plural)

Questions

What does flying circus mean?: A German fighter wing in World War I.

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