please clap
please clap interjection: typically added to the end of a sentence when the audience is losing interest, or when the speaker understands they have become uninteresting.
Interjection
- Typically added to the end of a sentence when the audience is losing interest, or when the speaker understands they have become uninteresting.
Origin of please clap
From a Jeb Bush speech.
Questions about please clap
- What does please clap mean?
- Please clap means typically added to the end of a sentence when the audience is losing interest, or when the speaker understands they have become uninteresting.
- What part of speech is please clap?
- Please clap is an interjection.
Words near please clap in the dictionary
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