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slow handclap

noun

  1. slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

As for his numerous apologists, perhaps we could rustle up a slow handclap from the stalls.

Close to 8% of the country's population combined a rhythmic slow handclap with a roar to spur on their team to the quarter finals at the Stade de France.

From BBC

The team also joined fans in the trademark slow handclap that has became a familiar sight in Euro 2016.

From Time

After guests were summoned to dinner by the banging of a gong and the slow handclap that traditionally greets the top table at these formal dinners, Bailey took his seat beside John McFarlane, the chairman of Barclays.

The slow handclap, the insulting heckles, the light of hope you can see dying in a young man's eyes.

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