claque

From French claquer (“to clap one's hands”).

claque (plural claques)

1. A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
2. A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.
3. A group of fawning admirers.

• calque

From claquer.

• IPA^(key): /klak/

claque f (plural claques)

1. slap
2. slap on the cheek
3. (Quebec) overshoe
4. (sports) thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)

claque m (plural claques)

1. (slang) gambling den
2. (slang) whorehouse, brothel

• (slap in the face or on the cheek): gifle, baffe, taloche
• (overshoe): shoe claque, chouclaque

• “claque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• calque

French

claque f (invariable)

1. claque

• clacchista

claque f (plural claques)

1. claque