claque
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
claque /klak, klɑːk/
▶noun
- 1 a group of sycophantic followers.
- 2 a group of people hired to applaud or heckle a performer.
– origin C19: Fr., from claquer ‘to clap’.
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