CLAPTRAP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Synonyms:

blah; bombast; claptrap; fustian; rant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("claptrap" is a kind of...):

grandiloquence; grandiosity; magniloquence; ornateness; rhetoric (high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation)

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