claque

  • 61claque — klæk n. group of hired applauders …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 62claque — f. Grupo de personas que asisten gratis a un teatro con el compromiso de aplaudir …

    Diccionario Castellano

  • 63claque — [klak, klα:k] noun 1》 a group of sycophantic followers. 2》 a group of people hired to applaud or heckle a performer. Origin C19: Fr., from claquer to clap …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 64claque — n 1.(all usu. hired) fans, followers, supporters, promoters, rooters, Inf. boosters, Inf. arm wavers; (all usu. of adolescent girls) bobbysoxers, teenyboppers, groupies. 2. sycophants, flatterers, toadies, toadeaters, tuft hunters, timeservers,… …

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  • 65claque — [[t]klæk[/t]] n. 1) a group hired to applaud an act or performer 2) a group of sycophants • Etymology: 1860–65; < F < claquer to clap (imit.) …

    From formal English to slang

  • 66claque — /klæk/ (say klak) noun 1. a set of hired applauders in a theatre. 2. any group of persons ready to praise from interested motives. {French, from claquer clap} …

  • 67claque —   n. group of paid applauders.    ♦ claqueur, n. member of this …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 68claque — n. a group of people hired to applaud in a theatre etc. Etymology: F f. claquer to clap …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 69Chapeau claque — Cha|peau claque auch: Cha|peau Claque 〈[ʃapo klạk] m.; , x s [ʃapo klạk]〉 zusammenklappbarer Zylinder; Sy Klappzylinder [<frz. chapeau „Hut“ + claque „Schlag (mit der Hand)“] * * * Cha|peau claque, Cha|peau Claque [ʃapo klak], der; , x s… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 70Chapeau Claque — Cha|peau claque auch: Cha|peau Claque 〈[ʃapo klạk] m.; , x s [ʃapo klạk]〉 zusammenklappbarer Zylinder; Sy Klappzylinder [<frz. chapeau „Hut“ + claque „Schlag (mit der Hand)“] * * * Cha|peau claque, Cha|peau Claque [ʃapo klak], der; , x s… …

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