"round of applause" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-round of applause.ogg [Australia] Forms: rounds of applause [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|rounds of applause}} round of applause (plural rounds of applause)
  1. (idiomatic) An outburst of clapping among a group or audience. Tags: idiomatic Translations (outburst of clapping): 熱烈鼓掌 (Chinese Mandarin), 热烈鼓掌 (rèliè gǔzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 掌聲雷動 (Chinese Mandarin), 掌声雷动 (zhǎngshēng léidòng) (Chinese Mandarin), aplodit [plural] (Finnish), salve d’applaudissements [feminine] (French), tapsvihar (Hungarian), یک کف محکم (Persian), salva de aplausos/palmas [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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