claque
A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or booA group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
Meaning
3 senses(collective)A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
Claque
кла́каkláka, кла́керыklákery
клакаklaka
a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
(broadly)A group of fawning admirers.
(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.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literallyBorrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literally “a slap; a clap”).
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