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peanut gallery

Syllabification: (pea·nut gal·ler·y)
Definition of peanut gallery

noun

informal
  • the top gallery in a theater, where the cheaper seats are located.
  • a group of people who criticize someone, often by focusing on insignificant details:he might find that playing the sport he loves isn’t worth the aggravation from the peanut gallery’s probing of his privacy

peanut gallery in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of peanut gallery in the British & World English dictionary