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Noun: grandstand  'gran(d),stand
  1. The audience at a stadium or racetrack
     
  2. A stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
    - covered stand
Verb: grandstand  'gran(d),stand
  1. (performing arts) perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause
    "She never misses a chance to grandstand"

Derived forms: grandstands, grandstanded, grandstanding

Type of: audience, perform, stand

Encyclopedia: Grandstand