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slow claps

slow claps is the plural of slow clap.

Meaning of slow clap

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 demonstrate that they disapprove of a performer, speaker, etc.
  2. A form of applause (especially used in films for dramatic effect) that slowly crescendoes from one person's clapping to a crowd's.

Questions about slow claps

What is slow claps the plural of?
Slow claps is the plural of slow clap.

Words near slow claps in the dictionary

  1. slow burner
  2. slow burners
  3. slow burns
  4. slow but sure wins the race
  5. slow clap
  6. slow claps
  7. slow contact
  8. slow cooker
  9. slow cookers
  10. slow dance
  11. slow danced

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