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applauselike

applauselike adjective: resembling or characteristic of applause.

Adjective

applauselike (comparative more applauselike, superlative most applauselike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of applause.
    • The action begins as darkness falls and the music ramps up with rhythmic, applauselike clacking, which will return as an outro.2015 September 15, Siobhan Burke, “Review: ‘Tree of Codes,’ an Explosion of Energy in a Sea of More”, in New York Times

Forms of applauselike

comparativemore applauselike
superlativemost applauselike

Origin of applauselike

From applause + -like.

Questions about applauselike

What does applauselike mean?
Applauselike means resembling or characteristic of applause.
What part of speech is applauselike?
Applauselike is an adjective.

Words near applauselike in the dictionary

  1. applausable
  2. applause
  3. applause-worthy
  4. applauseful
  5. applauseless
  6. applauselike
  7. applauseometer
  8. applauseometers
  9. applauses
  10. applauseworthy
  11. applausive

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