grandstand play
US
noun
Play in a game intended primarily to get applause from the spectators in the grandstand; (in extended use) behaviour designed to gain approval or attention; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Boston Post.
- electrotractor
- electrotransfer
- electrotropic
- electrotropism
- electrotype
- electrotyper
- electrotypist
- electrovalence
- electrovalency
- electrovalent
- electroviscosity
- electroviscous
- electro-vital
- electro-vitalism
- electroweak
- electrowin
- electrowinning
- electrum
- electuary
- eleemosynary
- elegance
- elegancy
- elegant
- elegant arts
- elegantish