"slow clap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slow claps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slow clap (plural slow claps)
  1. A form of clapping in which audience members clap slowly, with long intervals between claps, as a form of heckling and to show that they disapprove of a performer, speaker, etc.
    Sense id: en-slow_clap-en-noun-oXNvFhU1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. A form of applause (especially used in films for dramatic effect) that slowly crescendoes from one person's clapping to a crowd's.
    Sense id: en-slow_clap-en-noun-5pyOxNQL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Inflected forms

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