claptrap
Kelime Anlamı :

1. palavra.
2. hikaye.
3. saçma.
4. iltifat (sahte).
5. yağcılık.
6. göstermelik.
7. göze girmek için yapılan sahte iltifat.
8. yapmacıklı sözler sarfetme.
9. saçmalık/boş laf.
10. abuk sabuk.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
buncombe, deceptive, humbug, nonsense, trickery, unreal
Tanımlar :
1. pretentious, insincere, or empty language: "I hate ... that air/of claptrap, which your recent poets prize” ( Byron).
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
2. A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
3. A trick or device to gain applause, especially pretentious but empty rhetoric; humbug.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
2. figuratively, an artifice or device to elicit applause or gain popularity; deceptive show or pretense.
3. designing or designed merely to win approval or catch applause.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.