Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bottom fish.
- noun A spectator in the cheap standing-room section of an Elizabethan theater.
- noun A person with uncultivated tastes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which lives upon the ground; a terrestrial animal.—2. A fish which habitually remains at the bottom of the water.
- noun The ring-plover, Ægialites hiaticula.
- noun Formerly, a spectator who stood in the pit of a theater, which was literally on the ground, having neither floor nor benches.
- noun Hence, allusively, one of the common herd; in the plural, the vulgar.
- Of a base or groveling nature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach.
- noun A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a
benthic fish orbottom feeder - noun by association, an individual of uncultivated or uncultured taste
- noun in
Elizabethan theater: an audience member (usually standing) in the cheap section
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yeah the pennywhistle is the worst kind of groundling humor.
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The modern-day Globe is located on the south bank of the River Thames a stone's throw from where the original theater used to exist and is built to similar specifications with an open-air stage, standing room in front of the stage for inexpensive "groundling" tickets and a thatched roof over the galleries for those willing to pay more for a seat.
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Also, a limited number of $1 standing or "groundling" tickets will be available at the door 30 minutes prior to each performance.
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On the few occasions when I've seen a movie with the paying public, the experience struck me as a cross between being a groundling at Shakespeare's Globe and being Faye Dunaway at the end of "Bonnie and Clyde."
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I warmed up my voice shouting in the street before they opened El Museo del Barrio to those of us who had political connections or groundling tickets like me.
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Having read the book, I know that it's a lot of fun perhaps a bit too bawdy for some, but in a past life I was a groundling.
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Having read the book, I know that it's a lot of fun perhaps a bit too bawdy for some, but in a past life I was a groundling.
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But this attack is the work of a groundling who does not understand the turns and counter stands of romantic love.
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Has anyone else noticed a lot more groundling crowd noise on The Daily Show and the Colbert Report?
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Has anyone else noticed a lot more groundling crowd noise on The Daily Show and the Colbert Report?
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