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grandstand

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verbshow off

Word Origin & History

"main seating for spectators at an outdoor event," 1834, from grand (adj.)+ stand. The verb meaning "to show off" is student slang from 1895, from grandstand player, attested in baseball slang from 1888.

Cf. British gallery hit (1882) "showy play by a batsman in cricket, 'intended to gain applause from uncritical spectators'" [OED]. Related: grandstanding.

Example Sentences for grandstand

How are you going to do it—after you've finished your grandstand plays?

He stared at the grandstand with a bewildered, appealing face.

"I don't play to the grandstand," growled the grouchy pitcher.

The girls stood up in the grandstand and waved their banners gaily.

He jammed on his cap and stepped out from behind the grandstand.

He was being greeted on all sides by ...

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Synonyms for grandstand

verb show off

parade
prance
showboat
strut
swagger
be ostentatious
be vain
flaunt it
hot dog
play to the crowd
put on airs

More words related to grandstand

amphitheater

noun. arena

auditorium
coliseum
grandstand
oval
stadium

awe

verb. amaze

alarm
appall
astonish
blow away
cow
daunt
dazzle
flabbergast
frighten
grandstand
horrify
hotdog
impress
intimidate
knock socks off
overawe
scare
showboat
startle
strike
stun
stupefy
terrify

awed

verb. amaze

alarm
appall
astonish
blow away
cow
daunt
dazzle
flabbergast
frighten
grandstand
horrify
hotdog
impress
intimidate
knock socks off
overawe
scare
showboat
startle
strike
stun
stupefy
terrify

bleachers

noun. seating for watching event

Ruthville
benches
boxes
grandstand
seats
stands

blow one's own horn

verb. congratulate oneself

boast
brag
crow
gloat
grandstand
hug oneself
pat oneself on the back
toot one's own horn

boast

verb. brag

advertise
aggrandize
attract attention
blow
blow one's own horn
blow smoke
bluster
bully
cock-a-doodle-doo
con
congratulate oneself
crow
exaggerate
exult
fake
flatter oneself
flaunt
flourish
gasconade
give a good account of oneself
gloat
glory
grandstand
hug oneself
jive
lay on thick
prate
preen
psych
puff
shoot
shovel
show off
showboat
shuck
sling
sound off
strut
swagger
talk big
triumph
vapor

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