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English > 1 sense of the word claptrap:
NOUNcommunicationclaptrap, bombast, fustian, rant, blahpompous or pretentious talk or writing
English > claptrap: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningpompous or pretentious talk or writing.
Synonymsbombast, fustian, rant, blah
Broadergrandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoricHigh-flown style