Claque: alternatives and connections

a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"

To applaud.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly ap…

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An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene…

Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a p…

A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their…

To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.

To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.

One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.

A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; t…

That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of orato…