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Claptrap

Claptrap Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Claptrap? [n] pompous or pretentious talk or writing Synonyms \| Synonyms for Claptrap: blah \| bombast \| fustian \| rant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Claptrap: absurdity \| amphigory \| argument \| argument by analogy \| argumentum ad baculum \| argumentum ad captandum \| argumentum ad hominem \| babble \| babblement \| bad case \| balderdash \| balls \| baloney \| begging the question \| bibble-babble \| blabber \| blague \| blather \| bombast \| bosh \| bull \| bullshit \| bunk \| bunkum \| circular argument \| crap \| crowd-pleasing argument \| double-talk \| drivel \| drool \| empty words \| eyewash \| fallacy \| fiddledeedee \| fiddle-faddle \| flam \| flapdoodle \| flimflam \| flummery \| folderol \| formal fallacy \| fudge \| fustian \| gabble \| galimatias \| gammon \| gibber \| gibberish \| gibble-gabble \| gobbledygook \| hocus-pocus \| hogwash \| hoke \| hokum \| hooey \| humbug \| humbuggery \| hysteron proteron \| insincere argument \| jabber \| jargon \| jiggery-pokery \| logical fallacy \| malarkey \| material fallacy \| mere rhetoric \| moonshine \| mumbo jumbo \| narrishkeit \| niaiserie \| non sequitur \| nonsense \| pack of nonsense \| palaver \| paralogism \| petitio principii \| philosophism \| prate \| prattle \| pseudosyllogism \| rant \| rigamarole \| rigmarole \| rodomontade \| rubbish \| skimble-skamble \| solecism \| sophism \| sophistry \| stuff and nonsense \| stultiloquence \| trash \| trumpery \| twaddle \| twattle \| twiddle-twaddle \| vaporing \| verbal fallacy \| waffling \| weak point See Also \| grandiloquence \| grandiosity \| magniloquence \| rhetoric Claptrap In Webster's Dictionary \Clap"trap`\, n. 1. A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [Obs.] 2. A trick or device to gain applause; humbug. \Clap"trap`\, a. Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

Claptrap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Claptrap?

[n] pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Claptrap: blah | bombast | fustian | rant

See Also | grandiloquence | grandiosity | magniloquence | rhetoric

Claptrap In Webster's Dictionary

\Clap"trap`\, n.
1. A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [Obs.]

2. A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.


\Clap"trap`\, a.
Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining
applause; deceptive; unreal.

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