claque
- (feminine) slap on the cheek
- (feminine) vamp (of a shoe)
- (Quebec, feminine) overshoe
- (feminine) thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
- (collective, feminine) claque (group of people hired to either applaud or boo)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/klak/
Etymology
Deverbal from claquer (“to clap”). Sense 5 developed as paying audience members to applaud started at the Paris Opera.
high hat
silk hat
dress hat
hired clappers
house of prostitution
sporting house
step dancing
claque
Klaps
tokat
bofetada
bofetada
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