Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prehistoric stone circle.
- noun An abbreviation of
circa . - noun An abbreviation of Latin circiter (about)
- noun of circum; and of circus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete An
amphitheatrical circle forsports ; acircus . - noun informal
Circumcision . - verb informal To
circumcise .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At a meeting last week I asked if we couldn't do away with the pink slips and do some kind of circ on the fly, only to have it pointed out that all the books are barcoded and could circ in a normal way.
ArchivesBlogs 2008
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At a meeting last week I asked if we couldn't do away with the pink slips and do some kind of circ on the fly, only to have it pointed out that all the books are barcoded and could circ in a normal way.
ArchivesBlogs 2008
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"'Gentlemen,' says I, openin 'the coffee-pot careless so's the smell could get out an' circ'late -- 'gentlemen, he's up there in that room.
Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906
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I can only hope your circ #s will fall as your patriotism did. —
Bush to Deliver Farewell Address on Thursday - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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I work for an OB group on Long Island, and we chg $7500/8700 for complete care minus all testing/sonograms and $650 for a circ.
Is there such a thing as a “practical pregnancy”? « Awful Library Books 2010
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When a stack totin 'patron moved or died we thought the circ would suffer, but within a month someone new walked through the doors to take their place - kinda like they knew there was an opening.
Library Card Sign-Up (copy) ____Maggie 2009
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How does the rhetoric of some in the anti-circ movement strike you?
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Then I realized he meant the OB and I reminded him it was a natural circ.
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I just realized that one unintended (?) side effect of ALB is that as we all rush out to ILL spectacularly … interesting … titles, their circ stats spike.
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Many golden sunsets ago Jack Oconner pontificated (something he was very good at) on the magic 270, .. as did others of his time (Jon Jobson) - Sports Afied circ 1950's and 60's etc etc.
stew commented on the word circ
Used by knitters as a shortened form of "circular needles", which is a pair of knitting needles joined by a flexible cable.
December 14, 2012