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[ UK /klˈæptɹæp/ ]
NOUN
  1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing

How To Use claptrap In A Sentence

  • To call them anything else is sentimental claptrap.
  • His new movie is a piece of falsely modest claptrap.
  • His streamlined, Shaolin-infused raps prioritized what he termed guillotine swordsmanship and the God theory of Five Percent, the Nation of Islam offshoot-not commercial claptrap. Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories
  • This book was unabashed nihilist claptrap.
  • Look, really, if I want environmentalist doomwatch claptrap I'll go join one of the Big Three parties. What to do in a failing civilization
  • I am betraying little if I say that the piece concludes with two happy couples and much sentimental claptrap.
  • The closure is accompanied by the usual claptrap about improving customer service.
  • The reason I did not publish such stuff is that it was inconsequential claptrap.
  • What a load of claptrap!
  • Others think we were set here on Earth to deliver them from eco-claptrappery. Reader Rants and Raves
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