claque
noun
a group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer.
claques
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pluralof claque.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In French theatre, groups of professional clappers, known as "claques", were hired by performers to make them appear more popular with audiences.
From BBC ● May 28, 2015
A message from Vice President Nixon was mysteriously held up in red tape for five days, but from the opening day, claques cheered greetings from Khrushchev, Chou En-lai and the "Prime Minister of North Korea."
From Time Magazine Archive
All the world's great opera houses have claques, and the Met's is typical.
From Time Magazine Archive
In metropolitan theatres loud-lunged claques greeted the appearance of Fleischer cartoons with resounding boos.
From Time Magazine Archive
My claque is discharged," said he; "and now there are, I perceive, three claques instead of one—yours, madame's and the whole company's.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
