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
Cato (1)	-	Ancient Roman
Carlo	KAHR-lo	Italian
Theudofrid	-	Ancient Germanic
DanÍEl	-	Icelandic
Jared	JER-əd (English), JAR-əd (English)	English, Biblical
Gwynedd	-	Welsh