claque
Meanings
Plural: claques
Noun
- a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literally “a slap; a clap”).
Scrabble Score: 17
claque is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordclaque is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 20
claque is a valid Words With Friends word