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View usage for: (klæptræp) uncountable nounIf you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important. [informal, disapproval] This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before. Synonyms: nonsense, rubbish, rot [informal], crap [slang] More Synonyms of claptrap claptrap in British English (ˈklæpˌtræp) noun informal1. contrived but foolish talk 2. insincere and pretentious talk politicians' claptrap Word origin C18 (in the sense: something contrived to elicit applause): from clap1 + trap1claptrap in American English (ˈklæpˌtræp) noun showy, insincere, empty talk or writing, intended only to get applause or notice Word origin clap 1 + trap 1Synonyms of 'claptrap'nonsense, rubbish, rot, crap More Synonyms of claptrap Definition foolish or pretentious talk (informal) He talks a lot of pretentious claptrap. Synonyms crap (slang) bullshit (taboo, slang) balls (taboo, slang) bull (slang) tosh (slang, mainly British) flannel (British, informal) pap cobblers (British, taboo, slang) malarkey affectation blarney bombast fabrication insincerity hokum (slang, mainly US, Canadian) bizzo (Australian, slang) bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) bosh (informal) eyewash (informal) tommyrot horsefeathers (US, slang) rodomontade (literary) bunkum or buncombe Additional synonymsDefinition nonsense I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines. Synonyms trash, rubbish, rot (informal), garbage (informal), tosh (slang, British), trivia, drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), dross, moonshine, hogwash (informal), bunkum or buncombe Henry Ford's opinion was that `history is bunk'. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), balls (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, malarkey, baloney (informal), hogwash, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), tomfoolery, poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang), stuff and nonsense, hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), tarradiddle Definition foolish talk What absolute drivel! Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, garbage, malarkey (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), blah (slang), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle (informal, British), prating, pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), twaddle, tripe (informal), dross, gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, malarkey, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) - clannish
- clannishness
- clap
- claptrap
- clarification
- clarify
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