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Claptrap Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
(n.)
A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
(a.)
Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutContrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
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]
nonsense, trivia, bull I heard what the psychic said. What a lot of claptrap!
nonsense, trivia, bull
I heard what the psychic said. What a lot of claptrap!
I heard what the psychic said. What a lot of claptrap!
Noun
1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing
(synonym) bombast, fustian, rant, blah
(hypernym) grandiosity, magniloquence, grandiloquence, rhetoric
