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One Who Applauds Directors May Be Employed In Film Making

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99%12Exact Match!
noun

• photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together

28%8Applauds
noun

• enthusiastic approval

verb

• praise vociferously

• clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

28%5Applauds
noun

• a sudden very loud noise

• a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

• a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated

verb

• put quickly or forcibly

• cause to strike the air in flight

• clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

• clap one's hands together

• strike the air in flight

• strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting

• strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise

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