Piccadilly Circus
Proper noun
Meaning
Piccadilly Circus
A traffic intersection in the West End of London, having connections with Piccadilly, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street; proverbially visualised as being very busy with people.
I've never seen the place so crowded – it was like Piccadilly Circus!
Examples
For all we know, to a greater intelligence than ours the top of Mont Blanc may be as crowded as Piccadilly Circus.
A brace of parties, a surprise in Piccadilly Circus, and so. many.
All buses on route 43 between Friern Barnet and London Bridge became electric in late 2019, and in mid-February, all buses — around 29 vehicles — followed suit on the 94 route between Acton and Piccadilly Circus.
It had acquired an iconic status, on a par with Piccadilly Circus in London or Times Square in New York.
Paul shot scenes from On a Runaway Motor Car through Piccadilly Circus (1899) with the camera turning very slowly.
Her selection: the Criterion, a watering hole and eatery in London’s Piccadilly Circus.