gallery
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈɡæləri/
- The gallery erupted in applause when the tennis player made an incredible shot.
- spectators in the gallery
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Watch on YouTubeWell, what you had was people in the public gallery that sat and heard that for themselves.
- Well, what you had was people in the public gallery that sat and heard that for themselves.
- Then help us drown out the peanut gallery with a like and an on topic comment.
- And I've also never seen a gallery of cast and crew give an ovation.
- QCs, judges, juries packed people in the gallery, me sitting here growling at them in their own dock.
- His wife to the tennis gallery, his sons to the ranks, eldest begun schooling as searedomen.
Examples
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Judge Alex Calabrese is concerned about the 13-year-old boy sitting in the courtroom gallery.
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Can we have some quiet from the peanut gallery?
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And here you have this gallery of people that have shown up.
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I want every seat in the gallery to be taken up of our people on the first day of the trial.
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Well, what you had was people in the public gallery that sat and heard that for themselves.
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And so is everybody at the gallery.
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Press in the public gallery.
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Okay, everybody in the peanut gallery, Simon says hands up.
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We've, uh, talked with Walter, all the officials, and several people in the gallery...
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Many temperance women were sitting in the gallery of the house, and their presence was duly noted.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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1.1
People who sit together to watch a performance or listen to a speech
Compounds
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2.7
A place like a building or website that shows paintings and sculptures for people to see and sometimes buy
- Literature
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5.3
An area in a government hall where reporters sit to watch and report debates
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9.5
A place often in an abandoned building where people buy and inject heroin
- Jargon
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8.8
A collection of police photos of known criminals used to identify suspects
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7.9
A curved space under a dome where quiet sounds travel to the opposite side
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew work with ropes and equipment
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Etymology
The word gallery comes from the old Italian galleria, a balcony where people stood to watch events, so gallery can also mean the group of spectators who watch a match. This links the idea of a place to stand and look with the people who stand there.