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    [Noun]  | "cir*cuit" | \ ˈsər-kət \


    1: a usually circular line encompassing an area

    2: the space enclosed within such a line

    3: a course around a periphery


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French circuite, from Latin circuitus, from circumire, circuire to go around, from circum- + ire to go {mat|issue:1|};

    [Noun]  | "circuit board" 


    1: board


    Origin: 1948 ;

    [Noun]  | "circuit breaker" 


    1: a switch that automatically interrupts the current of an overloaded electric circuit


    Origin: 1872 ;

    [Noun]  | "circuit court" 


    1: a court that sits at two or more places within one judicial district


    Origin: 1708 ;

    [Noun]  | "circuit judge" 


    1: a judge who holds a circuit court


    Origin: 1801 ;

    [Noun]  | "circuit rider" 


    1: a clergyman assigned to a circuit especially in a rural area


    Origin: 1837 ;

    [Noun]  | "application-specific integrated circuit" 


    1: any integrated circuit designed to perform a single, specific task —abbreviation ASIC


    Origin: 1983 ;

    [Noun]  | "borscht circuit" 


    1: the theaters and nightclubs associated with the Jewish summer resorts in the Catskills


    Origin: 1936 ;

     From the popularity of borscht on menus of the resorts;

    [Verb]  | "circuit" 


    1: to make a circuit about

    2: to make a circuit


    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: {circuit:1 };

    [Adjective]  | "closed-cir*cuit" | \ ˈklōz(d)-ˈsər-kət \


    1: used in, shown on, or being a television installation in which the signal is transmitted by wire to a limited number of receivers


    Origin: 1949 ;

    [Noun]  | "circuit" 


    1: as in compass, ambit;


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    2: as in loop, circle;


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    3: as in tour;


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    [Noun]  | "circuit judge" 


    1: as in chief justice, justice of the peace;


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    [Noun]  | "circuit judges" 


    1: as in chief justices, justices of the peace;


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    [Verb]  | "circuit" 


    1: to travel completely around;


      * e.g., " ... after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside "



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    [Verb]  | "short-circuit" 


    1: to create difficulty for the work or activity of;


      * e.g., " ... for decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds "





    [Verb]  | "ride" 


    1: to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults;


      * e.g., " ... that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing "





    2: to make fun of in a good-natured way;


      * e.g., " ... his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday "



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    3: to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air;


      * e.g., " ... a condor riding high in the sky "



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    [Verb]  | "ride (out)" 


    1: to come safely through;


      * e.g., " ... just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis "



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    [Verb]  | "ridden" 


    1: to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults;


      * e.g., " ... that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing "





    2: to make fun of in a good-natured way;


      * e.g., " ... his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday "



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    3: to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air;


      * e.g., " ... a condor riding high in the sky "



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    [Verb]  | "rode" 


    1: to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults;


      * e.g., " ... that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing "





    2: to make fun of in a good-natured way;


      * e.g., " ... his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday "



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    3: to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air;


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     [ "circuit" ]

    1: (n.) the circuit: the series of bars/clubs that people go to week after week. it's always the same people, doing the same thing, at a handful of common places (v.) to circuit: to go out to the places on the circuit (adj.) circuit: can be used to describe people and things on the circuit (see example)

      * e.g.,  ...  See y'all out on the circuit. 

     [ "circuit" ]

    1: <adjective> Describes a party or Rave with abundant drug usage, dancing, and hooking up, especially a series of such underground gatherings which move from place to place.

      * e.g.,  ... "Stay away from that one. He's a circuit boy and is nothing but trouble." 

     [ "circuit" ]

    1: This is in reference to something or someone that sucks so bad that it is actually worse then busch league. these are the Thursday afternoon car races that nobody watches. This is the short white trash kid with the wife-beater on that can't grow a beard.

      * e.g.,  ... This sucks so bad it's fuckin circuit. 

     [ "The Circuit" ]

    1: A place in or near a town or city for teens and tweens to drive their cars, cruise for chicks or guys and to generally see and be seen on weekends.

      * e.g.,  ... When I was a kid in the 50's the chicks at the circuit went for guys in the fastest hotrods. In the 60's and 70's it was rods with the coolest paint jobs. Then in the 80's and 90's it was loudest stereos. Now its all about giant rims, crazy lighting schemes, bone-jarring hydaulics and rice burners. Things just ain't the same since Fonzi died. 

     [ "The Circuit" ]

    1: dumpsters, police line ups, snuff film auditions, you know, the circuit

      * e.g.,  ... I've seen him around the circuit 

     [ "circuiting" ]

    1: A sex act between two people that includes vaginal penetration by penis or strapon, and where each partner has one end of a double-ended dildo inserted into their anus, thus completing a "circuit."

      * e.g.,  ... This rather long giant purple dildo will be of tremendous assistance in our circuiting, my love! 

     [ "the 'Circuit'" ]

    1: A recurring group of 20-something singles, brought together by the consumption of alcohol and the potential for sexual promiscuity or "picking up"; congregating in liquor licensed establishments on differing week nights—in a set rotation—predetermined by drink specials or popularity.

      * e.g.,  ... •What are you doing tonight?: Hittin' the 'circuit'...Wednesday night is Emma's Pub night, obviously”.  


     [ "the 'Circuit'" ]

    2: Typically occurring in small to medium size cities where a limited variety of bars or clubs exist, the ‘circuit’, refers to its analogous relationship held to that of sports, where athletes or teams abide by a schedule determining attendance at an event.

      * e.g.,  ... •Wanna see a movie tonight?: No — sorry, it’s Joe Dog's on the circuit tonight”. 


     [ "the 'Circuit'" ]

    3: Friends of those on the circuit who are “lame, whipped, or gay” usually attend one to zero of the weekly rotation’s scheduled stops. When attending, they leave early for ‘gay’ responsibilities such as, employment requirements in the morning. Circuiters are concerned with hooking up, before any thought of sleep and subsequent AM responsibilities are entertained. Circuit stops cannot be substituted unlike activities on weekend nights.

     [ "Circuit" ]

    1: Background: Lebanese Ghetto

      * e.g.,  ... Man i got this new casio circuit that can do matrices for me. 


     [ "Circuit" ]

    2: Definition: A calculator (more commonly used for Graphing calculators)

     [ "Circuit" ]

    1: A bunch of neighborhoods that all connect to make one big smoke road.

      * e.g.,  ... Lets go smoke a j and take a ride on the circut. 

     [ "The Circuit" ]

    1: When a certain saying or picture is being posted or reused by multiple accounts on twitter which are typically followed by a large number of people.

      * e.g.,  ... Jeff: "Hey man, did you see that hilarious tweet David posted last night? Clownin." 

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