claque
Meanings
noun
- A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
- A group of fawning admirers.
- 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.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literally “a slap; a clap”).
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