APPLAUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does applause mean? 

• APPLAUSE (noun)
  The noun APPLAUSE has 1 sense:

1. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

  Familiarity information: APPLAUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPLAUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

applause; clapping; hand clapping

Hypernyms ("applause" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "applause"):

hand (a round of applause to signify approval)

handclap (a clap of the hands to indicate approval)

round (an outburst of applause)

Holonyms ("applause" is a part of...):

ovation; standing ovation (enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause))

 Context examples 

Your ability to communicate or participate in one of the communication disciplines will bring joy and applause.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

And one by one, encouraged by vociferous applause, speaking with fire and enthusiasm and excited gestures, they replied to the attack.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then he sat down, and Mr. Waldron, the famous popular lecturer, rose amid a general murmur of applause.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I give it a slip,” said Berkeley Craven, and the men walked to their corners, amidst a general shout of applause for a spirited and well-contested opening round.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Which weapon hath the vantage now?” cried the Brabanter, strutting proudly about with shouldered arbalest, amid the applause of his companions.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At first, amid the applause of the gods, he betrayed a trifle of his old self-consciousness and awkwardness.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Great applause as Mr. Weller deposited a little key on the table and subsided, the warming pan clashed and waved wildly, and it was some time before order could be restored.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The toast was received with great applause, and such hearty laughter that it made me laugh too; at which they laughed the more.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

To his sombre and cynical spirit all popular applause was always abhorrent, and nothing amused him more at the end of a successful case than to hand over the actual exposure to some orthodox official, and to listen with a mocking smile to the general chorus of misplaced congratulation.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)