clap-trap
1clap|trap — «KLAP TRAP», noun, adjective. –n. 1. empty talk or an insincere remark made just to get attention or applause: »Everything he said was just claptrap. 2. a trick or device to catch applause: »Art should be independent of all claptrap (James… …
2Clap trap — nonsense …
3clap trap — Australian Slang nonsense …
4clap-trap — I. n. Trick (for the sake of effect, as on the stage), stage effect, stage trick, coup de théâtre, tour de force. II. a. Stage tricky, ad captandum, spectacular, theatrical, histrionic …
5clap·trap — /ˈklæpˌtræp/ noun [noncount] informal : words, ideas, etc., that are very foolish or stupid : ↑nonsense His entire speech was nothing but claptrap. I m tired of hearing all that claptrap about how hard her life is …
6clap (the clap) — n venereal disease, gonorrhoea. The only widespread slang term for the condi tion, this word was derived from French (clapoir, meaning a swelling, or clapier, meaning a brothel) in the late 16th cen tury. It became a taboo, and therefore slang… …
7claptrap — clap|trap [ˈklæptræp] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: claptrap something intended to make the people watching a show clap (18 19 centuries)] informal talk that is stupid or shows a lack of knowledge ▪ romantic claptrap …
8claptrap — clap|trap [ klæp,træp ] noun uncount INFORMAL stupid talk that you do not believe: political claptrap …
9claptrap — clap•trap [[t]ˈklæpˌtræp[/t]] n. 1) pretentious and insincere or empty language 2) any artifice or expedient for winning applause • Etymology: 1720–30 …
10Categories (game) — Categories is a word game in which players think of words that begin with specified letters and belong to specified semantic categories. For instance, given the letters in Sargon and the category U.S. states , one can list: *South Carolina… …
