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
Mesut	-	Turkish
Mahesha	-	Hinduism
Ahearne	[ə'hɜ:n]
Velvela	-	Yiddish
Melissa	mə-LIS-ə (English)	English, Dutch, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Balmforth	['ba:mfəθ]