1. Rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
   "Students often bought tickets for the peanut gallery due to their affordability";
   - second balcony, family circle, upper balcony
    
2. (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"

Derived forms: peanut galleries

Type of: area, people

Part of: balcony

Encyclopedia: Peanut gallery