CLAPTRAP


Meaning of CLAPTRAP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ klæptræp ]

If you describe something that someone says as claptrap , you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important. ( INFORMAL )

This is the claptrap that politicians have peddled many times before.

= drivel

N-UNCOUNT [ disapproval ]

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