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
Mesud	-	Ottoman Turkish
Castle	['ka:sl]
Fritz	FRITS	German
Tama	-	Maori
Delice	-	English (Rare)
Valencia	bah-LEN-thyah (Spanish), bah-LEN-syah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish