circs

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɝks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɜːks/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ks

Noun

circs

1. plural of circ

Noun

circs pl (plural only)

1. (plural only, informal) Circumstances.
   • 2009 May 21, Christopher Breen, “Subscriptions, Sonos, and the Second Coming”, in Macworld:

     I'm covered as far as iPod and automobile go as I have a solid library of music I've ripped from CD and purchased. But music throughout the house is trickier. And, under normal circs, subscription is no answer.

   • 2010 December 16, Julie Burchill, “Spare us these pampered protesters who riot in defence of their privilege”, in The Independent:

     Charlie Gilmour's father is an old Etonian poet; his stepfather a superannuated rock star worth around £78m whose most famous ditty insisted, somewhat amusingly under the circs, that "We don't need no education."

   • 2011 May 1, Joanna Trollope, “Royal wedding: is this a fairytale? No, it is the real thing”, in The Telegraph:

     All this royal pomp and circs and magnificence and significance and sacred music and you are, quite rightly, your unaffected modern English selves.

   • 2011 June 14, Jennifer Peltz, “Defense: Fatal NYC tower fire a 'bad circumstance'”, in BusinessWeek:

     "They were trapped in circs that they didn't know anything about, that they could not have foreseen […]

Verb

circs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of circ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsirks]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈsiɾks]

Noun

circs

1. plural of circ

Occitan

Noun

circs

1. plural of circ