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How to pronounce “claptrap”
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Pronunciation guide for claptrap
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of claptrap with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- David MacKay: 对开发可再生能源的理性思考 18 minutes,
and I feel a duty as a physicist to try to guide people around the claptrap
- Definition summary
- Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]
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How to pronounce claptrap
David MacKay: 对开发可再生能源的理性思考 18 minutes,
and I feel a duty as a physicist to try to guide people around the claptrap
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “claptrap”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]
- (historical) A device for producing a clapping sound in theaters.
- A device or trick to gain applause; a humbug.
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