peanut gallery

peanut gallery
Synonyms and related words:
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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  • peanut gallery — An audience that interrupts, boos or heckles a performer, speaker, etc, is a peanut gallery …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Peanut gallery — Pea nut gal ler*y 1. the cheapest seats in a theater, being typically those farthest from the stage, as in the uppermost balcony. [PJC] 2. in a television show for children, the section where visiting children sit as guests during the performance …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peanut gallery — peanut ,gallery noun singular AMERICAN INFORMAL the least expensive seats at the back of a theater, or the people who sit in them. This word sometimes shows that you think these people are not important …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • peanut gallery — ☆ peanut gallery n. Slang the topmost balcony section in a theater, where the cheaper seats are located …   English World dictionary

  • Peanut gallery — Not to be confused with Peanut allergy. A peanut gallery is an audience that heckles the performer. The term originated in the days of vaudeville as a nickname for the cheapest (and ostensibly rowdiest) seats in the theater; the least expensive… …   Wikipedia

  • peanut gallery — noun a) The upper balcony in a racially segregated venues such as a theatre to which black patrons were restricted.<ref name= LtA >Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past by Stuart …   Wiktionary

  • peanut gallery — 1. Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater. 2. Slang. a source of insignificant criticism: No remarks from the peanut gallery! [1885 90, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • peanut gallery — pea′nut gal lery n. sl. 1) inf the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony of a theater 2) sts a source of insignificant criticism: No remarks from the peanut gallery![/ex] • Etymology: 1885–90, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • peanut gallery — noun 1. (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 •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • peanut gallery — noun N. Amer. informal the top gallery in a theatre, where the cheaper seats are located …   English new terms dictionary

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