Usually means: Seeking attention through exaggerated behavior.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. grandstanding: Merriam-Webster
  2. grandstanding: Collins English Dictionary
  3. grandstanding: Vocabulary.com
  4. Grandstanding, grandstanding: Wordnik
  5. grandstanding: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. grandstanding: Wiktionary
  7. grandstanding: Dictionary.com
  8. grandstanding: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. grandstanding: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. grandstanding: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grandstanding: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. grandstanding: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. grandstanding: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  Dramatic or showy behavior intended to impress an audience or observers.

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