noun. The state of clapping. When an audience viewing any live entertainment or performance is actually engaged in the act of applause.
"In just a second, the band is gonna come out and you, ladies and gentlemen, will hit full clapatation."
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Wendy Williams asked her co-host audience by clapation to decide whether or not this couple should stay married. clappation
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Get the Clapation mug.Applauding before a performance is finished. This refers to situations where some or all of the audience think that the performance is over, NOT because they think its superlative quality merits mid-performance applause.
Everyone applauded because they thought or hoped the song was over, but there was one more tedious verse. Terri whispered to me, "Whoops! Premature clapulation."
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"Who was that bitch today in church who ruined the choir's performance of Amazing Grace with premature clapulation?"
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