rounds of applause
Audience appreciation episodes
Rounds of applause are successive bursts of clapping, each wave prompted by continued appreciation or additional acknowledgment: The performer received three rounds of applause before the audience let her leave the stage.
A single round is one sustained period of clapping that rises and falls together.
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- ovationExtended audience applause
- clappingRhythmic palm strikes
- snappingBreaking with sharp sound
audience · standing ovation · approval · rhythmic clapping · golf clap · stomping · ceremony · cheering · celebration · encouragement · admiration · enthusiasm · appreciation · curtain call · take a bow · crescendo · excitement · performance
rounds of applausesilence
Total lack of sound
dead silence · stunned silence · awkward silence · crickets · deafening silence
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