clap-o-meter

A form of clapometer — An audience-reaction monitor used to give a visual interpretation of applause; once used on some television game shows.

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Meanings

nounclap-o-meter (plural clap-o-meters)

plural clap-o-meters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of clapometer.

    A series of undiscovered acts would perform on the show every week, with the audience responding with cheers that were counted on the clap-o-meter, before viewers at home were then invited to send in a postal vote for the winner, who was announced the following week.

    2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC

Origin

From clap + -o-meter.

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APA

clap-o-meter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clap-o-meter

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“clap-o-meter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clap-o-meter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clap-o-meter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clap-o-meter.

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