I. ˈgran(d)ˌstand, -raan(d)ˌstaa(ə)nd noun
Etymology: grand (I) + stand
1. : a usually roofed structure serving as the principal spectator stand at a racecourse, stadium, or other place designed for spectator sports
2. : the spectators (as at a sports event) or the audience (as at a festival)
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to play to spectators or to an audience : act or conduct oneself with a view to impressing onlookers
chose to grandstand in court — Erle Stanley Gardner
the crazy grandstanding of a glory-hungry major — Van Van Praag
• grandstand·er -ə(r) noun
III. adjective
1.
a. : being in or as if in a grandstand
join their neighbors on top of their houses where they had grandstand seats for watching the next assault — F.B.Gipson
b. : resembling that provided by a grandstand
a grandstand view of the fight
2. : designed or likely to impress or draw the applause of spectators
behind-the-back dribbling and passing are strictly grandstand stunts — Stanley Frank