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clapometer

noun

Etymology

From clap + -o- + -meter.

  1. inherited from *klappōną✻ — “to clap”
  2. inherited from *klappijan✻
  3. inherited from clæppan
  4. inherited from clappen
  5. formed as clapometer — “clap + -o- + -meter”

Definitions

  1. An audience-reaction monitor used to give a visual interpretation of applause

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA