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To applaud. [Obs.] Chapman.

A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed. Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. Longfellow.

Applauding; commending.

show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.

One who applauds.

To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson.

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase. To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.

To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance. To clap hands. (a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] Shak.

A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

top upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. -- To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. M. Arnold. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.

One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.

To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs.

farce in verse; a ballad. [Obs.] A jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme Praised and applauded. Beau. & Fl.

Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Applauding; manifesting praise. Young.

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts. "I praise well thy wit." Chaucer. Let her own works praise her in the gates. Prov. xxxi. 31. We praise not Hector, though his name, we know, Is great in arms; 't is hard to praise a foe. Dryden.