claptrap
About 0.09 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Empty verbiage or nonsense. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- noun A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters.
- noun A device or trick to gain applause; a humbug.
Similar words
blah rant bombast fustian nonsense rot dung pitch claptrappery twaddling
Often followed by
of and about that in to is which with
Word family
claptraps
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