slow handclap , also: slow clap

It had to be a slow handclap, because of the creature's long arms.

The slow handclap is occasionally employed to the opposite effect.

The English audiences would wait out the delay by doing what is called a "slow handclap".

There came the noise of what would normally be a slow handclap, only this sounded like a hand being slapped onto leather.

"I am afraid that my score is so bad that all I manage is a slow handclap."

Another type of "slow handclap" is used as a dramatic device, often forming the conclusion of dramatic turning points in films.

He kept saying I was a fast player, so he put together the slow handclap phrase into Slowhand as a play on words".

And indeed patronised, something Tony Blair did at his peril in 2000 when he addressed the WI's Annual General Meeting - and received a slow handclap.

A notable occurrence of a slow handclap took place during a speech made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair on 7 June 2000, when he was heckled and slow-handclapped by members of the Women's Institute.

In the tradition of London Livery Companies, for example, an assembled party (at, for example, a formal dinner) will routinely perform a slow handclap as a gesture of respect and deference to the arriving party of the Master and Court of the Company.

In fairness, though, when Rita-Anne was presented with her prizes - two more bottles of wine, a side of smoked salmon, a box of Roses, a box of biscuits (not Rover) and another poinsettia - they did clap - even if it was a slow handclap.

It had to be a slow handclap, because of the creature's long arms.

The slow handclap is occasionally employed to the opposite effect.

The English audiences would wait out the delay by doing what is called a "slow handclap".

There came the noise of what would normally be a slow handclap, only this sounded like a hand being slapped onto leather.

"I am afraid that my score is so bad that all I manage is a slow handclap."

Another type of "slow handclap" is used as a dramatic device, often forming the conclusion of dramatic turning points in films.

He kept saying I was a fast player, so he put together the slow handclap phrase into Slowhand as a play on words".

And indeed patronised, something Tony Blair did at his peril in 2000 when he addressed the WI's Annual General Meeting - and received a slow handclap.

A notable occurrence of a slow handclap took place during a speech made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair on 7 June 2000, when he was heckled and slow-handclapped by members of the Women's Institute.

In the tradition of London Livery Companies, for example, an assembled party (at, for example, a formal dinner) will routinely perform a slow handclap as a gesture of respect and deference to the arriving party of the Master and Court of the Company.

In fairness, though, when Rita-Anne was presented with her prizes - two more bottles of wine, a side of smoked salmon, a box of Roses, a box of biscuits (not Rover) and another poinsettia - they did clap - even if it was a slow handclap.