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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 performanceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CLAQUE (noun)


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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