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Meaning of "groundling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GROUNDLING

groundling  [ˈɡraʊndlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROUNDLING

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conjunction
determiner
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Groundling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GROUNDLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

groundling

Groundling

A groundling was a person who frequented the Globe Theatre in the early 17th century and was too poor to pay to be able to sit on one of the three levels of the theatre. By paying one penny, they could stand in "the pit", also called "the yard", just below the stage to watch the play. Standing in the pit was uncomfortable, and people were usually packed in tightly. The groundlings were commoners who were also referred to as stinkards or penny-stinkers. The name 'groundlings' came about after Hamlet referenced them as such when the play was first performed around 1600. At the time, the word had entered the English language to mean a small type of fish with a gaping mouth - this becomes pertinent when we realise that from the vantage point of the actor playing Hamlet, set on a stage raised around 5 feet from the ground, the sea of upturned faces may indeed have registered as something akin to wide-mouthed fish. Those who had paid to sit in the raised galleries would also have shared in this image, which clearly became popular enough to stick until this day.

Definition of groundling in the English dictionary

The first definition of groundling in the dictionary is any animal or plant that lives close to the ground or at the bottom of a lake, river, etc. Other definition of groundling is a spectator standing in the yard in front of the stage and paying least. Groundling is also a spectator in the cheapest section of any theatre.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GROUNDLING


aeromodelling
ˈɛərəʊˈmɒdlɪŋ
ballhandling
ˈbɔːlˌhændlɪŋ
bloodcurdling
ˈblʌdˌkɜːdlɪŋ
brandling
ˈbrændlɪŋ
codling
ˈkɒdlɪŋ
cradling
ˈkreɪdlɪŋ
fiddling
ˈfɪdlɪŋ
foundling
ˈfaʊndlɪŋ
handling
ˈhændlɪŋ
idling
ˈaɪdlɪŋ
kindling
ˈkɪndlɪŋ
mishandling
ˌmɪsˈhændlɪŋ
noodling
ˈnuːdlɪŋ
piddling
ˈpɪdlɪŋ
pindling
ˈpɪndlɪŋ
puddling
ˈpʌdlɪŋ
sandling
ˈsændlɪŋ
seedling
ˈsiːdlɪŋ
spindling
ˈspɪndlɪŋ
unbundling
ʌnˈbʌndlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROUNDLING

grounded
groundedly
grounder
groundfish
groundhog
Groundhog Day
grounding
groundless
groundlessly
groundlessness
groundman
groundmass
groundnut
groundnut oil
groundout
groundplot
groundprox
grounds
groundsel
groundsel tree

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROUNDLING

baggage handling
Bramley´s seedling
calling
dawdling
dwindling
fair to middling
gadling
godling
hidling
hurdling
influence peddling
meddling
mollycoddling
muddling
reedling
shepherdling
special handling
waddling
wheedling
wildling
worldling

Synonyms and antonyms of groundling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «groundling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROUNDLING

Find out the translation of groundling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of groundling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «groundling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

groundling
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

groundling
570 millions of speakers

English

groundling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

groundling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

groundling
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невзыскательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Groundling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিম্নরুচির দর্শক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

groundling
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjelasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ground
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

groundling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

groundling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Groundling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

groundling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாடக அரங்கில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्राउंडलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

groundling
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

groundling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

groundling
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невибагливої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agățătoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

groundling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groundling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Ground
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

groundling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of groundling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROUNDLING»

The term «groundling» is normally little used and occupies the 139.274 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROUNDLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «groundling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «groundling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about groundling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROUNDLING»

Discover the use of groundling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to groundling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Groundling Marsh
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Groundling Marsh was a Canadian children's television series featuring puppets.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
2
Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
In the Dusky Groundling the broad black stripes converge rearward; in the Cobbler Groundling (C. sutor) the stripes do not converge; and in the White- dotted Groundling (C. videns) there are three pairs of thin stripes, with no red along the ...
Dale F. Schweitzer, 2011
3
The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the ...
The capacity for autonomous judgment is not the groundling's prerogative. It is,for thetimebeing, reserved for thegods (see 3:22). Scene II(2:18-25): Creation of a Companion (2:18) YHWH Elohim said, “It is not good that the groundling be ...
William P. Brown, 2010
4
Stage Directions in Hamlet: New Essays and New Directions
(11-12) According to the OED, this is the first recorded use of the word " groundling." As Annabel Patterson notes, "Hamlet's contemptuous remarks on the subject of the popular audience . . . would . . . have made him a disastrous failure in the ...
Hardin L. Aasand, 2003
5
Love Lost in Translation: Homosexuality and the Bible
In most languages, it is highly unusual to combine a singular noun such as ' groundling' with the plural pronoun 'them'. Even more striking is the occurrence of 'him', singular, in 1.27 followed immediately by 'them', plural, in the very same verse ...
K. Renato Lings, 2013
6
The English Renaissance in Popular Culture: An Age for All Time
Why, I want to ask, is the groundling such a seminal figure in popular representations of the early modern theater, particularly those found in historical fiction and film? In addressing this question, I hope to push beyond the idea that the ...
Gregory M. Colón Semenza, 2010
7
The Mind of the South
Cash told of the mythical George Washington Groundling, whose father "had been a drunken old farmer whose forty acres were perpetually under mortgage and who bore upon his head the shame of having hid out in the woods to avoid being ...
Bruce Clayton, Charles W. Eagles
8
Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English ...
Groundling (crasso) is more from hot air than from cold. It likes the day and willingly dwells where waters are gushing, near small river banks. It eats clean foods and is good for both sick and healthy people to eat. Groundling milt as other fish ...
‎1998
9
Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa
Red. Groundling. Brachythemis. lacustris. Small, stocky, bright red, with large orange splashes on wings. Gregarious on grass stems, edges of small, tree- fringedmeanderingriversinhotareas. Identification Face: Eyes: Synthorax: Wings:  ...
Michael J. Samways, 2008
10
Entomologist's Gazette
Grey Groundling, Black- speckled Grey Groundling, Dotted Grey Groundling, Lesser Grey Hill Plume Grey, Hoary Grey, Large Groundling, Sallow-leaf 1615 Hawk, Spurge Hawk, Striped Hawk, Yellow-spotted ... Haworth's Crescent Haworth's.
‎1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROUNDLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term groundling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
In rehearsal: Richard II
There'd be too much danger of a stray groundling unexpectedly catching the ball with their nose. And we all know how Globegoers react to the ... «Official London Theatre, Jul 15»
2
Subsidised companies like the National Theatre and Royal …
He spoke approvingly of the Globe Theatre, where groundling tickets cost £5 and there is “a diverse audience of young people and all kinds of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
13 Queer Favorites Who Could Host "The View"
A Groundling who learned the talk show ropes as a Chelsea Lately writer-performer, Feimster could bring hilarious new life to Barbara's baby. «NewNowNext, Jul 15»
4
Dig out your inner dandy at the Chap Olympiad or brush off your …
'Groundling' tickets – where you watch the show from the theatre's standing-only Yard area – cost just £5, making this the best value theatre ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
5
Theater review: Santa Cruz Shakespeare opens season with …
One free groundling youth ticket with adult ticket purchase. Details: www.santacruzshakespeare.org. There may be no better way to welcome ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
6
In the Globe's production of Twelfth Night, the stage becomes a …
... urine sample? Or injected modern idioms like “rat bastard”? I guess we do, if the production considers its audience to be one big groundling. «San Diego Reader, Jul 15»
7
London Theater Review: 'Measure for Measure' at Shakespeare's …
Puritan police manhandle women and ransack two whorehouses in the groundling's yard. (Two miles away, police raids on seedy, spice-of-life ... «Variety, Jul 15»
8
How real-life hoverboard makers are looking to take your commute …
The hoverboard, on the other hand, could carry you at speed over the groundling plebs towards your destination. Last week, car manufacturer ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
9
Rubicon to Host New Acting, Writing Summer Master Class Series
... Emmy winning writer Cheri Steinkellner and husband Emmy award winner and Groundling Alum Bill Steinkellner, seasoned actor Matthew ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
10
Mixmaster Will: Fest takes the rap, Q-style
Groundling Seats: Formerly known as Bard-Head Seats, these specially ticketed seats are in the Gold Section pricing tier and involve eight ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jun 15»

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