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noun
1.
the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
2.
the people sitting in these seats.
verb (used without object)
3.
to conduct oneself or perform showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers: The senator doesn't hesitate to grandstand if it makes her point.
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Grandstanding
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adjective
4.
situated in a grandstand: grandstand seats.
5.
having a vantage point resembling that of a grandstand: From our office windows on the third floor, we had a grandstand view of the parade.
6.
intended to impress an onlooker or onlookers: a grandstand catch.
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grandstand
"main seating for spectators at an outdoor event," 1834, from grand + stand. The verb meaning "to show off" is student slang from 1895, from grandstand player, attested in baseball slang from 1888.
EXPAND"It's little things of this sort which makes the 'grand stand player.' They make impossible catches, and when they get the ball they roll all over the field." [M.J. Kelly, "Play Ball," 1888]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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