The most popular singers have been obliged to give free tickets and even to donate cash, lest the claque retaliate by frantic applause at the wrong moment.
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Claque
//ˈklæk//
Synonyms for "claque"
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Translations
27 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- клакьори noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Catalan
1 entries- claca noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Cebuano
1 entries- batos noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 集團喝彩 /集团喝彩 noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Czech
2 entries- klaka noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
- klaka noun (group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea)
Finnish
4 entries- ihailijaryhmä noun (group of fawning admirers)
- liittouma noun (group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea)
- palkattu yleisö noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
- ryhmittymä noun (group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea)
French
1 entries- claque noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
German
1 entries- Claque noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Hungarian
1 entries- klakk noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Icelandic
1 entries- klapplið noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Italian
1 entries- claque noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Japanese
1 entries- クラック noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Polish
1 entries- klaka noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Portuguese
1 entries- claque noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Russian
2 entries- кла́ка noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
- кла́керы noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Spanish
2 entries- clac noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
- claque noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Swedish
2 entries- hejarklack noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
- klack noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Thai
1 entries- หน้าม้า noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Turkish
1 entries- şakşakçı noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Ukrainian
1 entries- клака noun (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The claque isn't paid. In fact, claqueurs pay to get in. The inducement is that they can buy standing room for half price, without waiting in line.
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The political speeches began. What they lacked in originality, they made up in emphasis. It was clear that there was a claque of enthusiasts near the platform, whose Vivas! were caught be the microphones and magnified into a simulacrum of popular enthusiasm.
Source: wiktionary
The most obvious gay connection to opera is the cult of the diva. Stauncher even than the fans of Garland of Striesand, the claques of Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland (among others) have been fanatical in their devotion. Going beyond the usual "appreciation stage" the fans glorify and deify their stars: Callas was "La Divina," Sutherland "La Stupenda."
Source: wiktionary
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