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claptrap

Noun

∙ Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]
∙ A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters. historical
∙ A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.

BABYLON ENGLISH
claptrap n.
nonsense

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
claptrap
claptrap
\clap"trap`\ (klăp"trăp`), n.
1. a contrivance for clapping in theaters. [obs.]
2. a trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
claptrap
\clap"trap`\, a. contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
claptrap
n : pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, blah]

WORDNET 2.0
claptrap
Noun
1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing
(synonym) bombast, fustian, rant, blah
(hypernym) grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

claptrap

Noun

∙ Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]
∙ A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters. historical
∙ A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.

BABYLON ENGLISH
claptrap n.
nonsense

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
claptrap
claptrap
\clap"trap`\ (klăp"trăp`), n.
1. a contrivance for clapping in theaters. [obs.]
2. a trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
claptrap
\clap"trap`\, a. contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
claptrap
n : pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, blah]

WORDNET 2.0
claptrap
Noun
1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing
(synonym) bombast, fustian, rant, blah
(hypernym) grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric

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