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slow handclap

noun

  1. slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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As for his numerous apologists, perhaps we could rustle up a slow handclap from the stalls.

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Close to 8% of the country's population combined a rhythmic slow handclap with a roar to spur on their team to the quarter finals at the Stade de France.

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The team also joined fans in the trademark slow handclap that has became a familiar sight in Euro 2016.

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After guests were summoned to dinner by the banging of a gong and the slow handclap that traditionally greets the top table at these formal dinners, Bailey took his seat beside John McFarlane, the chairman of Barclays.

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The slow handclap, the insulting heckles, the light of hope you can see dying in a young man's eyes.

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