Definitions
a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
Word origin
From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud).
Used in a sentence
“A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!”
“Livy never gets her share of those applauses, but it is because the people do not know. Yet she is entitled to the lion's share.”
“Rice’s celebrations upon his goal were controlled, muted. Not so those of Grealish, who lapped up the applause of the England fans behind the goal.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Clapping approval”8 letters
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