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clack (KLAK) (verb)
To make or to cause something to make a short sharp sound or series of sharp sounds: Janet asked Violet, “Why do your heels clack so loudly when you walk around in the office?”
clack (KLAK) (noun)
A series of loud slaps or hits on a surface: Malcolm could hear the clack of the shoes of the concert participants behind him as they were going down the stairs of the auditorium during the intermission.
claque (KLAK) (noun)
1. A group of people who are hired to applaud at a performance; such as, a musical, ballet, or other entertaining event: When the politician spoke there was always a claque responding with an applause of approval.
2. A group of sycophants or fawning admirers: A claque of apparent worshipers was always around the actress praising her for everything she said or did.
2. A group of sycophants or fawning admirers: A claque of apparent worshipers was always around the actress praising her for everything she said or did.
Leona may be cynical but whenever she sees a claque of people together, she always expects to hear a clack clack as if the claque were gossiping like a clutch of hens in the farmyard.
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“claque”
1. A group of people who are hired to applaud, or to heckle, a performer or public speaker and even to cheer certain performers: The claques provide acting artists with a guarantee of applause and in return they receive free passes to the ballet or dramatic presentations which have been allocated or distributed to the dancers or actors.
2. Sycophantic followers, or servile self-seekers, of a well-known person: The famous actor was often surrounded by a claque of adoring people who wanted him to notice them so they could take his picture; especially, when he would stand next to them in the photographs.
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2. Sycophantic followers, or servile self-seekers, of a well-known person: The famous actor was often surrounded by a claque of adoring people who wanted him to notice them so they could take his picture; especially, when he would stand next to them in the photographs.
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