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
Attoe	['ætəu]
Trista	TRIS-tə	English
Lucjusz	LUWTS-yuwsh	Polish
Alina	ah-LEE-nah (German, Italian, Polish)	Romanian, German, Italian, Polish
Vencel	-	Hungarian
ArnbjØRg	-	Norwegian (Rare)