claque

/หˆklรฆk/

IPA: /K L AE1 K/

noun
  1. 1

    A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.

  2. 2

    A group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea, so as to give the false impression of a wider consensus.

  3. 3

    A group of fawning admirers.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/claque