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CLAQUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does claque mean?
• CLAQUE (noun)
The noun CLAQUE has 1 sense:
1. a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
Familiarity information: CLAQUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("claque" is a kind of...):
followers; following (a group of followers or enthusiasts)
Holonyms ("claque" is a part of...):
house (the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema)
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