claque:
(a group word; plural: ‘claques‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘c’ in this word is pronounced with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” and the letters ‘cla’ rhyme with the letters ‘cla’ in “clap”, and the letters ‘que’ are said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” — ‘kla.k’— for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a claque
a group of people who clap their hands and make merry sounds to show enjoyment and support to a performer, actor or a sports person; a group of admirers;
a group of people hired to clap and applaud a programmer or performer of a TV show or a politician at a political meeting, i.e. these people take money to act as if they were really enjoying the show so that other people believe that the show or the performer is really a great success,
a claque/hired admirers
A team of cheerleaders may be called a claque.
When she was young, Jane was so beautiful and talented that she was always surrounded by a claque that would clap and admire her.
Our Chairman likes to be admired all the time and favours those who show admiration for him; consequently, there are several claques in our staff members who would take turns to impress him and get favours!
Actors, persons in the show business, politicians and sports personalities are naturally susceptible to flattery, and some of them become so addicted to being flattered and admired that in times of their down trend, they are known to hire claques in order live with the false feeling that they are truly admired or at least to show the public that they are not ignored.
