i. A can full of dead human's sound: applauding/cheering/whooping. Featured on the tracks of numerous sitcoms and series, to this very day.
ii. The place where this sound originates.
iii. The cause of much arritation; arritate.
applaudience noun describes the cummulative mass and noise factor generated by both large and small groups of fans when their musical or dramatic heroes performparticularly well.
The bass player winked at his mates and nodded his thanks at the applaudience. Geez, I thought this was just going to be
a little brodown when we got here, he thought to himself.
Asked why there was no quarterly report, the vp replied, with the straightest of faces, that he had been abducted on his way to the office, given a medical exam by aliens aboard their UFO, and that the alien's dog did actually eat all his paperwork, and he was extremely sorry. An applausible excuse, it seemed, as he got a laugh from the CEO, clapping filled the conference room, and was not fired for two weeks.