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grandstand
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun grandstand has 2 senses
- grandstand(n = noun.group) Array - the audience at a stadium or racetrack; Array is a kind of audience
- grandstand(n = noun.artifact) covered stand - a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof; Array has parts: box seat
is a kind of stand
Verb grandstand has 1 sense
- grandstand(v = verb.creation) Array - perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause; "She never misses a chance to grandstand" is one way to perform
Derived form noun grandstander1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
grandstand, n. the main stand, usu. roofed, for spectators at a racecourse etc.
Idiom
grandstand finish a close and exciting finish to a race etc.
THESAURUS
grandstand
Texas tower, beacon, belvedere, bleachers, bridge, conning tower, gallery, gazebo, hot dog, lighthouse, lookout, loophole, observation post, observatory, outlook, overlook, peanut gallery, peephole, pharos, please the crowd, ringside, ringside seat, show off, sighthole, top gallery, tower, watchtower
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