Word Study
peanut gallery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peanut gallery has 2 senses
- peanut gallery(n = noun.group) Array - (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance); "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery" is a kind of people
- peanut gallery(n = noun.artifact) family circle, second balcony, upper balcony - rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats; Array is a kind of area
is a part of balcony
CIDE DICTIONARY
peanut gallery,
- The cheapest seats in a theater, being typically those farthest from the stage, as in the uppermost balcony. [PJC]
- In a television show for children, the section where visiting children sit as guests during the performance. [PJC]
THESAURUS
peanut gallery
Texas tower, auditorium, balcony, beacon, belvedere, bleachers, box, box seat, bridge, conning tower, dress circle, fauteuil, gallery, gazebo, grandstand, lighthouse, loge, lookout, loophole, nigger heaven, observation post, observatory, orchestra, orchestra circle, outlook, overlook, paradise, parquet, parquet circle, parterre, peephole, pharos, pit, proscenium boxes, ringside, ringside seat, sighthole, stall, standing room, theatre stall, top gallery, tower, watchtower
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