peanut gallery n 1: (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance); "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery" 2: rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats [syn: {second balcony}, {family circle}, {upper balcony}]