EGAVE

claptrap

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Empty verbiage or nonsense. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters.
  3. 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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