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Noun: applause  u'ploz
  1. A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
    "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause";
    - hand clapping, clapping

Derived forms: applauses

Type of: approval, commendation

Part of: ovation, standing ovation

Encyclopedia: Applause, Applause