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Definition of groundling in English: groundlingnoun ˈɡraʊn(d)lɪŋˈɡraʊndlɪŋ 1An unsophisticated or uncritical spectator or reader (originally a member of the part of a theatre audience that stood in the pit below the stage) Dante is not for groundlings Example sentencesExamples - Egeon's trial takes place at the front of the stage, with the old man standing among the groundlings defending himself from threatened execution.
- For a man who has tasted success after nearly a decade in the field, earning the appreciation of the movie-goers, especially the groundlings, is an end in itself.
- When he lifts Caesar's wound-ridden body and thrusts it toward the groundlings, the impact is electrifying.
- Standing amid the groundlings in front of the stage was a tall, grey, benignly smiling man.
- Seated in the theatre's lower gallery, I found myself distracted, not for the first time, by the endless gropings of the groundlings.
- We are regaled with tales of peregrines hovering over the groundlings at the Globe theatre, peregrines nesting atop the Battersea Power Station.
- The unhappy groundlings rioted; Sedley was fined and briefly imprisoned.
- The Tempest may be in typically oblique Shakespearian fashion a salute to the groundlings.
- The groundlings, to be sure, have a ball, and might like a better production much less.
- For one thing, about half the audience at the Globe are groundlings, that is, people standing.
- For example, patrons at the Globe Theatre in London - even £5 groundlings - are prohibited from sitting in the aisles.
- He disdained the illusion of spontaneity and other tricks to wow groundlings.
- Theatre tickets range from £5 groundlings, to £13 to £25 for seats.
- You cared about Oedipus and Hamlet because they were noble and you were a groundling.
- The best part of the experience though was its immediacy: in open air, daylight and with the ‘front row’ of groundlings leaning on the stage, there was an easy exchange between actors and audience.
- While the groundlings of the Bard's day had to stand, at Prince's Island you can sprawl out on the grass.
- Exorbitantly priced restaurants, for one week, set up a special menu for us swarthy groundlings.
- ‘Maybe to look at their groundlings below and laugh,’ the woman exclaimed with a sneer.
- Laughs there are aplenty, Sarah Woodward's pantomime depiction of constable Dogberry proving a particular hit with the groundlings.
- The ecstatic crowds are groundlings, mere extras, reacting on cue.
2A person on the ground as opposed to one in a spacecraft or aircraft. 3A fish that lives at the bottom of lakes and streams, especially a gudgeon or loach. 4A creeping or dwarf plant.
Origin Early 17th century (denoting a fish): from ground1 + -ling; compare with Dutch grondeling, German Gründling 'gudgeon'. Definition of groundling in US English: groundlingnounˈɡraʊndlɪŋˈɡroundliNG 1A spectator or reader of inferior taste, such as a member of a theater audience who traditionally stood in the pit below the stage. Dante is not for groundlings Example sentencesExamples - He disdained the illusion of spontaneity and other tricks to wow groundlings.
- When he lifts Caesar's wound-ridden body and thrusts it toward the groundlings, the impact is electrifying.
- The best part of the experience though was its immediacy: in open air, daylight and with the ‘front row’ of groundlings leaning on the stage, there was an easy exchange between actors and audience.
- The ecstatic crowds are groundlings, mere extras, reacting on cue.
- Standing amid the groundlings in front of the stage was a tall, grey, benignly smiling man.
- The unhappy groundlings rioted; Sedley was fined and briefly imprisoned.
- For a man who has tasted success after nearly a decade in the field, earning the appreciation of the movie-goers, especially the groundlings, is an end in itself.
- ‘Maybe to look at their groundlings below and laugh,’ the woman exclaimed with a sneer.
- Theatre tickets range from £5 groundlings, to £13 to £25 for seats.
- For one thing, about half the audience at the Globe are groundlings, that is, people standing.
- For example, patrons at the Globe Theatre in London - even £5 groundlings - are prohibited from sitting in the aisles.
- You cared about Oedipus and Hamlet because they were noble and you were a groundling.
- The groundlings, to be sure, have a ball, and might like a better production much less.
- The Tempest may be in typically oblique Shakespearian fashion a salute to the groundlings.
- We are regaled with tales of peregrines hovering over the groundlings at the Globe theatre, peregrines nesting atop the Battersea Power Station.
- Seated in the theatre's lower gallery, I found myself distracted, not for the first time, by the endless gropings of the groundlings.
- Egeon's trial takes place at the front of the stage, with the old man standing among the groundlings defending himself from threatened execution.
- Exorbitantly priced restaurants, for one week, set up a special menu for us swarthy groundlings.
- Laughs there are aplenty, Sarah Woodward's pantomime depiction of constable Dogberry proving a particular hit with the groundlings.
- While the groundlings of the Bard's day had to stand, at Prince's Island you can sprawl out on the grass.
2A person on the ground as opposed to one in a spacecraft or aircraft. 3A fish that lives at the bottom of lakes and streams, especially a gudgeon or loach. 4A creeping or dwarf plant.
Origin Early 17th century (denoting a fish): from ground + -ling; compare with Dutch grondeling, German Gründling ‘gudgeon’. |