work the crowd

To excite or entertain an audience. Man, that singer sure knows how to work a crowd! They're going wild for him! The keynote speaker was late, so I had to work the crowd for a while to stall.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zvezdana	ZVEZ-dah-nah (Serbian)	Serbian, Slovene
Gifford	['gifəd]
Dawkins	['dɔ:kinz]
Murron	-	Scottish
Tethys	TEE-thəs (English)	Greek Mythology
Dev	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi