applause
/əˈplɔːz
/noun [mass noun]
Approval or praise expressed by clapping: they gave him a round of applause...
- They are burnt, diced or melted in acid in front of onlookers who react with polite applause.
- Strangely the crowd gave this the same polite applause as they had to the other points he had made.
- There was a round of polite applause as Theo stood and walked over to Isabel.
Synonyms
clapping, handclapping, cheering, whistling, (standing) ovation, acclamation, cheers, whistles, bravos;
curtain calls, encores
Origin
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin applausus, from the verb applaudere (see applaud).
Rhymes
- (as) clean as a whistle
- (as) clean (or neat) as a new pin
- (as) clear as a bell
- (as) clear as day
- (as) clear as mud
- (as) clear (or sound) as a bell
- Asclepius
- (as) cold as ice (or stone or the grave etc.)
- as common as muck
- ascomycete
- ascon
- (as) cool as a cucumber
- ascorbate
- ascorbic acid
- ascot
- ascot tie
- ascribable
- ascribe
- ascription
- as cross as two sticks
- ascus
- ASD
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) dead as a (or the) dodo