claque

1. (collective) A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
2. (broadly) A group of fawning admirers.
3. (broadly) A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklæk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literally “a slap; a clap”).

Synonyms

shill

jazz dance

Translations

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klaka

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κλάκα

claqué

Step

Stepp

tip tap

fedelissimi

claque

Steptanz