- the act or practice of behaving or performing in a showy way in an attempt to impress others: With nearly 14 million unemployed, this grandstanding over such a comparatively small retraining program (only 10,000 people) is downright insulting.
- being or engaging in this kind of behavior or performance: It’s a nice, quiet movie—no guns or car chases, no grandstanding actors, and not too fast-paced.
