Etymology

claque

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Today it means: A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo. Full definition →

French claque
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  1. French · borrowed fromclaque“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”
  2. English todayclaque

Borrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literally “a slap; a clap”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.