please clap in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "From a Jeb Bush speech.",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "Typically added to the end of a sentence when the audience is losing interest, or when the speaker understands they have become uninteresting."
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        "(colloquial) Typically added to the end of a sentence when the audience is losing interest, or when the speaker understands they have become uninteresting."
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Jeb Bush",
        "please clap"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "please clap"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From a Jeb Bush speech.",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "English interjections",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Typically added to the end of a sentence when the audience is losing interest, or when the speaker understands they have become uninteresting."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Typically added to the end of a sentence when the audience is losing interest, or when the speaker understands they have become uninteresting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Jeb Bush",
        "please clap"
      ]
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  "word": "please clap"
}

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"please clap" meaning in English

Interjection