Australian English Meaning of claptrap

claptrap

Other Australian English words related to claptrap

synonyms

• blah
• drool
• drivel
• nuts
• silliness
• absurdity
• balderdash
• baloney
• bilge
• blarney
• blather
• blowhard
• Prattle
• bullshit
• rubbish
• bull
• Buncombe
• bunk
• Bunkum
• Blarney
• madness
• pot
• drivel
• fiddle
• twaddle
• rot
• fudge
• guff
• Bullshit
• hokum
• humbug
• Humbug
• Insanity
• jazz
• Madness
• Rubbish
• cobblers
• muck
• twaddle
• poppycock
• punk
• rot
• Tarradiddle
• Rubbish
• tosh
• nothingness
• twaddle, nonsense
• beans
• blah-blah
• crap
• Nonsense
• fiddlesticks
• Flapdoodle
• rubbish
• absurdity
• Applesauce
• fatuity
• flannel
• folly
• gas
• Greek
• hocus-pocus
• hoodoo
• imbecility
• inanity
• lunacy
• Monkey business
• moonshine
• Rigmarole
• rigmarole
• senselessness
• slush
• Taradiddle
• tomfoolery
• double-talk
• Ice hockey
• emptiness
• Eccentricity
• nerts

antonyms

• Rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• Discernment
• horse sense
• judgement
• judgement
• common sense
• wisdom
• level-headedness
• reasonableness

Definitions and Meaning of claptrap in English

Wordnet

claptrap (n)

pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Webster

claptrap (n.)

A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.

Webster

claptrap (a.)

Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

FAQs About the word claptrap

What is the Australian English meaning of the word claptrap

claptrap

What is the English meaning of the word claptrap

pompous or pretentious talk or writingA contrivance for clapping in theaters., A trick or device to gain applause; humbug., Contrived for the purpose of making

What are the synonyms of the word claptrap

blah,drool,drivel,nuts,silliness,absurdity,balderdash,baloney,bilge,blarney

What are the antonyms of the word claptrap

Rationality,reasonableness,sense,common sense,Discernment,horse sense,judgement,judgement,common sense,wisdom